Changes in MLST profiles and biotypes of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolates from the diphtheria outbreak period to the period of invasive infections caused by nontoxigenic strains in Poland (1950–2016)
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DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3020-1
Abstract: BackgroundCorynebacterium diphtheriae is a re-emerging pathogen in Europe causing invasive infections in vaccinated persons and classical diphtheria in unvaccinated persons. In the presented study we analysed genetic changes in C. diphtheriae isolates collected in Poland… read more here.
Keywords: isolates diphtheria; invasive infections; period; diphtheriae ... See more keywords