First detection of Corynebacterium ulcerans producing a diphtheria-like toxin in a case of human with pulmonary infection in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 396-400

  Mattos Guaraldi, A L ^a   Sampaio, J L M ^b   Santos, C S ^c   Pimenta, F P ^a   Pereira, G A ^a   Pacheco, L G C ^d   Miyoshi, A ^d   Azevedo, V ^d   Moreira, L O ^a   Gutierrez, F L ^e   Costa, J L F ^e   Costa Filho, R ^e   Damasco, P V ^f   Camello, T C F ^a   Hirata Jr , R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Fleury   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e HOSPITAL PRÓ CARDÍACO   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium ulcerans; Diphtheria like toxin; Human infection

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 47749126537     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000400014     Document Type: Article

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