{"title":"Infection due to \"Corynebacterium ulcerans\", producing diphtheria toxin--a case report from Denmark.","authors":"C Pers","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A diphtheria toxin producing strain of \"C. ulcerans\" was isolated from the throat of a 9-year-old boy who was previously immunized against diphtheria. This is the first reported case of human infection due to this organism in Denmark.</p>","PeriodicalId":7045,"journal":{"name":"Acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica. Section B, Microbiology","volume":"95 6","pages":"361-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1987-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica. Section B, Microbiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A diphtheria toxin producing strain of "C. ulcerans" was isolated from the throat of a 9-year-old boy who was previously immunized against diphtheria. This is the first reported case of human infection due to this organism in Denmark.