Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans isolated from a hunting dog and its diphtheria toxin antibody titer

• Published in: Microbiology and immunology Vol. 60; no. 3; p. 177
• Main Authors: Katsukawa, Chihiro, Komiya, Takako, Umeda, Kaoru, Goto, Minami, Yanai, Tokuma, Takahashi, Motohide, Yamamoto, Akihiko, Iwaki, Masaaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia 01.03.2016
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Wild - microbiology; Antibodies, Bacterial - blood; Cercopithecus aethiops; Corynebacterium - genetics; Corynebacterium - immunology; Corynebacterium - isolation & purification; Corynebacterium Infections - blood; Corynebacterium Infections - immunology; Corynebacterium Infections - microbiology; Corynebacterium Infections - veterinary; Diphtheria Antitoxin - blood; Diphtheria Toxin - genetics; Diphtheria Toxin - immunology; Diphtheria Toxin - isolation & purification; DNA Gyrase - genetics; Dog Diseases - blood; Dog Diseases - immunology; Dog Diseases - microbiology; Dogs; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field - methods; Female; Humans; Japan; Male; Vero Cells; Zoonoses - immunology; Zoonoses - microbiology; multilocus sequence typing; zoonotic infection; Corynebacterium ulcerans; dog

Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans is a zoonotic pathogen that produces diphtheria toxin and causes a diphtheria-like illness in humans. The organism is known to infect and circulate among dogs, which can then transmit it to humans. Furthermore, previous studies have found that C. ulcerans is carrie...