Corynebacterium ulcerans diphtheria: an emerging zoonosis in Brazil and worldwide

The article is a literature review on the emergence of human infections caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans in many countries including Brazil. Articles in Medline/PubMed and SciELO databases published between 1926 and 2011 were reviewed, as well as articles and reports of the Brazilian Ministry of H...

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Autores: Dias, Alexandre Alves de Souza de Oliveira, Santos, Louisy Sanchez, Sabbadini, Priscila Soares, Santos, Cíntia Silva, Silva Junior, Feliciano Correa, Napoleão, Fátima, Nagao, Prescilla Emy, Villas-Bôas, Maria Helena Simões, Hirata Junior, Raphael, Guaraldi, Ana Luíza Mattos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Revista de Saúde Pública
Idioma:portugués
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/33066
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/33066
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Infecções por Corynebacterium
epidemiologia
Reservatórios de Doenças
veterinária
Zoonoses
Doenças Transmissíveis Emergentes
Revisão
Infecciones por Corynebacterium
epidemiología
Reservorios de Enfermedades
veterinaria
Zoonosis
Enfermedades Transmisibles Emergentes
Revisión
Corynebacterium Infections
epidemiology
Disease Reservoirs
veterinary
Communicable Diseases
Emerging
Review
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Sumario:The article is a literature review on the emergence of human infections caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans in many countries including Brazil. Articles in Medline/PubMed and SciELO databases published between 1926 and 2011 were reviewed, as well as articles and reports of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. It is presented a fast, cost-effective and easy to perform screening test for the presumptive diagnosis of C. ulcerans and C. diphtheriae infections in most Brazilian public and private laboratories. C. ulcerans spread in many countries and recent isolation of this pathogen in Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, is a warning to clinicians, veterinarians, and microbiologists on the occurrence of zoonotic diphtheria and C. ulcerans dissemination in urban and rural areas of Brazil and/or Latin America.

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