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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Corynebacterium diph·the·ri·ae (df-thr-, dp-)
n.
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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[double dagger]) No Corynebacterium diphtheriae or Bacillus anthracis organisms were reported.
Gram-positive rod surveillance for early anthrax detection by Hadler, James L. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
In the 1950s, for example, investigators realized that the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae causes the upper respiratory illness known as diphtheria only if a certain bacteriophage infects the microbe.
All the world's a phage: viruses that eat bacteria abound--and ... by Travis, John / Science News
From 1997 to 2003, 6 cases of cutaneous infections caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae were documented (Table).
Imported cutaneous diphtheria, Germany, 1997-2003 by Heesemann, Jurgen / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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