Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans isolated from the domestic dog for the first time in Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-172

  Katsukawa, Chihiro ^a   Kawahara, Ryuji ^a   Inoue, Kiyoshi ^a   Ishii, Atsushi ^b   Yamagishi, Hiroaki ^b   Kida, Kazuhiro ^b   Nishino, Shunji ^b   Nagahama, Shinya ^c   Komiya, Takako ^d   Iwaki, Masaaki ^d   Takahashi, Motohide ^d  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefectural Dog Management Office   (Japan)

^c Food Safety Promotion Division   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 66849140935     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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