Corynebacterium diphtheriae CCUG 5864 is a bacterium of the family Corynebacteriaceae.
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Actinomycetota |
| Class Actinomycetes |
| Order Mycobacteriales |
| Family Corynebacteriaceae |
| Genus Corynebacterium |
| Species Corynebacterium diphtheriae |
| Full scientific name Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| Synonyms (1) |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
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| Case Report: Bloodstream Infection with Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Gram-Negative Sepsis in a Child with Burns. | Jamir I, Ketan P, Anguraj S, Jahan L, Parameswaran N, Divakarjose RR, Sastry AS. | Am J Trop Med Hyg | 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1233 | 2022 |  | |
| Determination of Diphtheria Toxin in Bacterial Cultures by Enzyme Immunoassay. | Simonova MA, Melnikov VG, Lakhtina OE, Komaleva RL, Berger A, Sing A, Zavriev SK. | Diagnostics (Basel) | 10.3390/diagnostics12092204 | 2022 | | |
| Detection of toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae from throat swabs of diphtheria patients using duplex real-time PCR. | Rosana Y, Prilandari LI, Ajisman R, Hartono TS, Yasmon A. | Iran J Microbiol | 10.18502/ijm.v12i6.5024 | 2020 | | |
| Application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with colorimetric and lateral flow dipstick visualization as the potential point-of-care testing for Corynebacterium diphtheriae. | Zasada AA, Wiatrzyk A, Czajka U, Brodzik K, Forminska K, Mosiej E, Prygiel M, Krysztopa-Grzybowska K, Wdowiak K. | BMC Infect Dis | 10.1186/s12879-020-05037-z | 2020 | | |
| Detection and Characterization of Diphtheria Toxin Gene-Bearing Corynebacterium Species through a New Real-Time PCR Assay. | Williams MM, Waller JL, Aneke JS, Weigand MR, Diaz MH, Bowden KE, Simon AK, Peng Y, Xiaoli L, Cassiday PK, Winchell J, Tondella ML. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.00639-20 | 2020 | | |
| Lateral flow immunoassay-based laboratory algorithm for rapid diagnosis of diphtheria. | Melnikov VG, Berger A, Dangel A, Sing A. | Open Res Eur | 10.12688/openreseurope.15038.1 | 2023 | | |
| Phylogeny | Phylogenomic characterisation of a novel corynebacterial species pathogenic to animals. | Moller J, Musella L, Melnikov V, Geissdorfer W, Burkovski A, Sangal V. | Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek | 10.1007/s10482-020-01430-5 | 2020 | |
| Phylogeny | Molecular Characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Outbreak Isolates, South Africa, March-June 2015. | du Plessis M, Wolter N, Allam M, de Gouveia L, Moosa F, Ntshoe G, Blumberg L, Cohen C, Smith M, Mutevedzi P, Thomas J, Horne V, Moodley P, Archary M, Mahabeer Y, Mahomed S, Kuhn W, Mlisana K, McCarthy K, von Gottberg A. | Emerg Infect Dis | 10.3201/eid2308.162039 | 2017 | |
| Phylogeny | Rapid detection and molecular differentiation of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans strains by LightCycler PCR. | Sing A, Berger A, Schneider-Brachert W, Holzmann T, Reischl U. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.00452-11 | 2011 | |
| Enzymology | Novel Corynebacterium diphtheriae in domestic cats. | Hall AJ, Cassiday PK, Bernard KA, Bolt F, Steigerwalt AG, Bixler D, Pawloski LC, Whitney AM, Iwaki M, Baldwin A, Dowson CG, Komiya T, Takahashi M, Hinrikson HP, Tondella ML. | Emerg Infect Dis | 10.3201/eid1604.091107 | 2010 | |
| Detection of differences in the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of diphtheria toxin from Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans causing extrapharyngeal infections. | Sing A, Hogardt M, Bierschenk S, Heesemann J. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.41.10.4848-4851.2003 | 2003 | | |
| Phylogeny | Zoonotic transmission of toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans strain, Germany, 2012. | Meinel DM, Konrad R, Berger A, Konig C, Schmidt-Wieland T, Hogardt M, Bischoff H, Ackermann N, Hormansdorfer S, Krebs S, Blum H, Margos G, Sing A. | Emerg Infect Dis | 10.3201/eid2102.141160 | 2015 | |
| Phylogeny | Diphtheria in the Republic of Georgia: use of molecular typing techniques for characterization of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains. | Sulakvelidze A, Kekelidze M, Gomelauri T, Deng Y, Khetsuriani N, Kobaidze K, De Zoysa A, Efstratiou A, Morris JG, Imnadze P. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3265-3270.1999 | 1999 | |
| Development of a real-time fluorescence PCR assay for rapid detection of the diphtheria toxin gene. | Mothershed EA, Cassiday PK, Pierson K, Mayer LW, Popovic T. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.40.12.4713-4719.2002 | 2002 | | |
| Nontoxigenic tox-bearing Corynebacterium ulcerans infection among game animals, Germany. | Eisenberg T, Kutzer P, Peters M, Sing A, Contzen M, Rau J. | Emerg Infect Dis | 10.3201/eid2003.130423 | 2014 | | |
| Phylogeny | Characterization of Corynebacterium species in macaques. | Venezia J, Cassiday PK, Marini RP, Shen Z, Buckley EM, Peters Y, Taylor N, Dewhirst FE, Tondella ML, Fox JG. | J Med Microbiol | 10.1099/jmm.0.045377-0 | 2012 | |
| Comparison of phenotypic and genotypic methods for detection of diphtheria toxin among isolates of pathogenic corynebacteria. | Efstratiou A, Engler KH, Dawes CS, Sesardic D. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3173-3177.1998 | 1998 | | |
| Metabolism | Rapid enzyme immunoassay for determination of toxigenicity among clinical isolates of corynebacteria. | Engler KH, Efstratiou A. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1385-1389.2000 | 2000 | |
| Enzymology | A modified Elek test for detection of toxigenic corynebacteria in the diagnostic laboratory. | Engler KH, Glushkevich T, Mazurova IK, George RC, Efstratiou A. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.35.2.495-498.1997 | 1997 | |
| Phylogeny | Rapid screening for toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae by the polymerase chain reaction. | Pallen MJ. | J Clin Pathol | 10.1136/jcp.44.12.1025 | 1991 | |
| Multiplex real-time PCR assay for detection and differentiation of Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella parapertussis. | Kolodkina V, Martinov V, Babenko A. | Iran J Microbiol | 2014 | | ||
| Enzymology | ACP Broadsheet no 125: July 1990. Bacteriological diagnosis of diphtheria. | Brooks R, Joynson DH. | J Clin Pathol | 10.1136/jcp.43.7.576 | 1990 | |
| Development of a direct PCR assay for detection of the diphtheria toxin gene. | Nakao H, Popovic T. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1651-1655.1997 | 1997 | | |
| Immunochromatographic strip test for rapid detection of diphtheria toxin: description and multicenter evaluation in areas of low and high prevalence of diphtheria. | Engler KH, Efstratiou A, Norn D, Kozlov RS, Selga I, Glushkevich TG, Tam M, Melnikov VG, Mazurova IK, Kim VE, Tseneva GY, Titov LP, George RC. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.40.1.80-83.2002 | 2002 | | |
| Enzymology | Screening tests for pathogenic corynebacteria. | Colman G, Weaver E, Efstratiou A. | J Clin Pathol | 10.1136/jcp.45.1.46 | 1992 | |
| Metabolism | Polymerase chain reaction for screening clinical isolates of corynebacteria for the production of diphtheria toxin. | Pallen MJ, Hay AJ, Puckey LH, Efstratiou A. | J Clin Pathol | 10.1136/jcp.47.4.353 | 1994 | |
| Heterogeneity of diphtheria toxin gene, tox, and its regulatory element, dtxR, in Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains causing epidemic diphtheria in Russia and Ukraine. | Nakao H, Pruckler JM, Mazurova IK, Narvskaia OV, Glushkevich T, Marijevski VF, Kravetz AN, Fields BS, Wachsmuth IK, Popovic T. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.34.7.1711-1716.1996 | 1996 | | |
| Metabolism | Double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for rapid detection of toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae. | Nielsen PB, Koch C, Friis H, Heron I, Prag J, Schmidt J. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.25.7.1280-1284.1987 | 1987 | |
| Metabolism | Detection of toxin production by Corynebacterium diphtheriae: results of a trial organised as part of the United Kingdom National External Microbiological Quality Assessment Scheme. | Snell JJ, Demello JV, Gardner PS, Kwantes W, Brooks R. | J Clin Pathol | 10.1136/jcp.37.7.796 | 1984 | |
| The influence of a swab type on the results of point-of-care tests. | Zasada AA, Zacharczuk K, Woznica K, Glowka M, Ziolkowski R, Malinowska E | AMB Express | 10.1186/s13568-020-00978-9 | 2020 | | |
| Phylogeny | Corynebacterium imitans sp. nov. isolated from patients with suspected diphtheria. | Funke G, Efstratiou A, Kuklinska D, Hutson RA, De Zoysa A, Engler KH, Collins MD. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.35.8.1978-1983.1997 | 1997 | |
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