Important animal pathogen that rarely infects humans.
Facultative intracellular pathogen that is able to survive and grow in macrophages, thus escaping the immune response of the host.
The sphingomyelin-degrading enzyme is regarded as the major virulence factor.
Isolated from the inguinal lymph node of a 12-year-old girl with necrotizing lymphadenitis.
Trost E, Ott L, Schneider J, Schroder J, Jaenicke S, Goesmann A, Husemann P, Stoye J, Dorella FA, Rocha FS, et al.
Title
The complete genome sequence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis FRC41 isolated from a 12-year-old girl with necrotizing lymphadenitis reveals insights into gene-regulatory networks contributing to virulence.