Classical Diphtheria Caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans in Germany: Amino Acid Sequence Differences between Diphtheria Toxins from Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans

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Sir—Corynebacterium ulcerans is increasingly recognized as an emerging pathogen in various countries, including the United States [1], the United Kingdom [2], Japan [3], The Netherlands [4], Switzerland [5], and Italy [6]. In some of these countries, C. ulcerans is now the leading cause of classical pharyngeal diphtheria [2]. The ability of C. ulcerans infection to mimic diphtheria is explained by the fact that...

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