Zoonotic Transmission of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strain, Germany, 2012

Zoonotic Transmission of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strain, Germany, 2012

Severe necrotizing fasciitis was diagnosed in a 53-year-old man in Germany in 2012. Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans was grown from a wound swab sample. One of the patient´s 2 dogs was found to harbor a toxigenic C. ulcerans strain. Results of next generation sequencing of both isolates supported...

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Main Authors: Dominik M. Meinel, Regina Konrad, Anja Berger, Christina König, Torsten Schmidt-Wieland, Michael Hogardt, Heribert Bischoff, Nikolaus Ackermann, Stefan Hörmansdorfer, Stefan Krebs, Helmut Blum, Gabriele Margos, Andreas Sing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Corynebacterium ulcerans
diphtheriae
diphtheria
toxigenic
zoonoses
high-throughput nucleotide sequencing
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/2/14-1160_article
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Summary:Severe necrotizing fasciitis was diagnosed in a 53-year-old man in Germany in 2012. Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans was grown from a wound swab sample. One of the patient´s 2 dogs was found to harbor a toxigenic C. ulcerans strain. Results of next generation sequencing of both isolates supported recent zoonotic transmission of this bacterial pathogen.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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