Multiplex polymerase chain reaction to identify and determine the toxigenicity of Corynebacterium spp with zoonotic potential and an overview of human and animal infections

Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis constitute a group of potentially toxigenic microorganisms that are related to different infectious processes in animal and human hosts. Currently, there is a lack of information on the prevalence of disease...

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Main Authors: Luciene de Fátima Costa Torres, Dayana Ribeiro, Raphael Hirata Jr, Luis Gustavo Carvalho Pacheco, Monica Cristina Souza, Louisy Sanches dos Santos, Cíntia Silva dos Santos, Mohammad Salah, Mateus Matiuzzi da Costa, Marcio Garcia Ribeiro, Salah A Selim, Vasco Ariston de Carvalho Azevedo, Ana Luiza Mattos-Guaraldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2013-05-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000300272