Detection of Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans Strains by a Novel Real-Time PCR

作者: R. Schuhegger , M. Lindermayer , R. Kugler , J. Heesemann , U. Busch

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01010-08

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摘要: Diphtheria is caused by both toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae and ulcerans strains harboring lysogenic, tox -bearing beta-corynephages. While C. has most diphtheria cases for decades, the emerging pathogen becoming major cause

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