CCUG 16574 - Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Strain Details
| Sample Origin: | Sweden, Göteborg |
| Source: | Human throat, fatal infection |
| Depositor: | Resp.Tract Dept., PHL, Göteborg, Sweden |
| Deposit Date: | 1984-10-12 |
| Other Collections: | Rappuoli 12A2FA; |
| Metabolism: | Elek positive|toxin probe positive|PCR positive |
| Pathogenicity: | Fatal diphtheria |
| ID Method: | E.Falsen, CCUG<phenotyping, ELEK|I.Tjernberg, Malmö<PCR |
| Remarks: | 2nd case in the main outbreak in close contact w/1st case|Efstratiou ribotype M13 |
| Literature Reference: | New England J Med 318:12-14,1988 |