Detection and Characterization of Diphtheria Toxin Gene-Bearing Corynebacterium Species through a New Real-Time PCR Assay

Respiratory diphtheria, characterized by a firmly adherent pseudomembrane, is caused by toxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae, with similar illness produced occasionally by toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans or, rarely, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. While diphtheria laboratory...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical microbiology 2020-09, Vol.58 (10), Article 00639
Hauptverfasser:	Williams, Margaret M., Waller, Jessica L., Aneke, Janessa S., Weigand, Michael R., Diaz, Maureen H., Bowden, Katherine E., Simon, Ashley K., Peng, Yanhui, Xiaoli, Lingzi, Cassiday, Pamela K., Winchell, Jonas, Tondella, M. Lucia
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacteriology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Microbiology Science & Technology
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