Zoonotic transmission of toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans strain, Germany, 2012

Authors :: Gabriele Margos
Helmut Blum
Anja Berger
Regina Konrad
Stefan Krebs
Nikolaus Ackermann
Heribert Bischoff
Andreas Sing
Stefan Hörmansdorfer
Torsten Schmidt-Wieland
Michael Hogardt
Dominik M. Meinel
Christina König
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 2, Pp 356-358 (2015)
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: 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.

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