Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis—General Aspects

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Part of book or chapter of book , Other literature type 30 Oct 2013 English Publisher:Springer Netherlands

Authors: Raphael Hirata; Vasco Azevedo; Ana Luíza de Mattos Guaraldi;

doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-7624-1_2

Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis—General Aspects

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis are potentially diphtheria toxin -producing microorganisms related to different infectious processes involving both human and animal hosts. This chapter aims to concise the current aspects concerning to the pathogenesis, epidemiology of diseases caused by those species and transmission amongst human and animal hosts. Aspects related to virulence factors, diagnosis and some molecular features observed after genome sequencing of some isolates were also approached.

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