title: [Pathogenic properties of Corynebacterium diphtheriae].
abstract: The main pathogenic properties of 73 C. diphtheriae strains (their adhesive, invasive and cytotoxic activity) were characterized in the cultures of cells HEp-2 and Vero. The quantitative determination of the toxigenicity of 381 strains in the indirect hemagglutination test was made, and the strains were distributed by the degree of their toxigenicity. The characteristics of C. diphtheriae obtained with the use of in vitro experimental models, coincided with the severity of clinical manifestations of the diphtheria in humans, which made it possible to regard the models used in this study as adequate. On the basis of the chosen criteria the characterized strains could be subdivided into highly, moderately and low virulent and the degree of their potential epidemic danger could be determined.
authors.affiliation: Pasteur Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: G Ia
authors.initials: GIa
authors.lastname: Tseneva
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Shchederkina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D002460:Cell Line; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004167:Diphtheria Toxin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D004167:Diphtheria Toxin
vernacular_title: Kharakteristika osnovnykh patogennykh svoĭstv Corynebacterium diphtheriae.