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.
The frequency and severity of human infections associated with Corynebacterium ulcerans appear to be increasing in different countries. Here, we describe the first C. ulcerans strain producing a diphtheria-like toxin isolated from an elderly woman with a fatal pulmonary infection and a history of leg skin ulcers in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area.
Mattos-Guaraldi
A L
AL
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. guaraldi@uerj.br
Sampaio
J L M
JL
Santos
C S
CS
Pimenta
F P
FP
Pereira
G A
GA
Pacheco
L G C
LG
Miyoshi
A
A
Azevedo
V
V
Moreira
L O
LO
Gutierrez
F L
FL
Costa
J L F
JL
Costa-Filho
R
R
Damasco
P V
PV
Camello
T C F
TC
Hirata
R
R
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004168:Diphtheria Toxoid / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
D004168:Diphtheria Toxoid