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Detection of Toxigenic<i>Corynebacterium diphtheriae</i>and<i>Corynebacterium ulcerans</i>Strains by a Novel Real-Time PCR
13 Jun 2008
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Detection of Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulceransStrains by a Novel Real-Time PCR ᰔ Diphtheria is caused by both toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans strains harboring lysogenic, tox-bearing beta-corynephages.While C. diphtheriae has caused most diphtheria cases for decades, the emerging pathogen C. ulcerans is becoming the major cause for diphtheria in...
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