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Corynebacterium diph·the·ri·ae (d

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Klebs-Loeffler bacillus.

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

The causative agent of diphtheria, which produces a potent exotoxin Reservoir Humans Epidemiology Airborne, infected fomites, infected skin; more common in winter, with crowding, hot, dry air Incidence 5/105–US; attack rate in minorities is 5- to 20-fold that of whites Microbiology In culture, C diphtheriae are often arranged in aggregates fancifully likened to Chinese letters

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae (redirected from C. diphtheriae)

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