| H01051 | |
| H number | H01051 |
| Name | Corynebacterium ulcerans infection |
| Description | Human infections with toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans cause respiratory diphtheria-like illness. It can be fatal in unvaccinated patients and usually occur in adults, who consumed raw milk or had close contact with domestic animals. These C. ulcerans strains produce a diphtheria toxin, which is similar to that of C. diphtheriae, the causative agent of classical diphtheria. |
| Category | Bacterial infectious disease |
| Network | - |
| Gene | - |
| Pathogen | Corynebacterium ulcerans [GN:cun] Diphtheria toxin [KO:K00776] |
| Env factor | - |
| Carcinogen | - |
| Drug | - |
| Comment | - |
| Other DBs | ICD-11: 1C17.Z MeSH: D003354 |
| Reference | PMID:22124745 AUTHORS Dias AA, Santos LS, Sabbadini PS, Santos CS, Silva Junior FC, Napoleao F, Nagao PE, Villas-Boas MH, Hirata Junior R, Guaraldi AL TITLE Corynebacterium ulcerans diphtheria: an emerging zoonosis in Brazil and worldwide. JOURNAL Rev Saude Publica 45:1176-91 (2011) DOI:10.1590/S0034-89102011000600021 PMID:22028605 AUTHORS Putong N, Agustin G, Pasubillo M, Miyagi K, Dimaano EM TITLE Diphtheria-like Illness due to Corynebacterium Ulcerans infection. JOURNAL Trop Med Health 39:1-2 (2011) DOI:10.2149/tmh.2010-15 PMID:21801446 AUTHORS Trost E, Al-Dilaimi A, Papavasiliou P, Schneider J, Viehoever P, Burkovski A, Soares SC, Almeida SS, Dorella FA, Miyoshi A, Azevedo V, Schneider MP, Silva A, Santos CS, Santos LS, Sabbadini P, Dias AA, Hirata R Jr, Mattos-Guaraldi AL, Tauch A TITLE Comparative analysis of two complete Corynebacterium ulcerans genomes and detection of candidate virulence factors. JOURNAL BMC Genomics 12:383 (2011) DOI:10.1186/1471-2164-12-383 |