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Zoonotic Transmission of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strain, Germany, 2012

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
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 2, Pp 356-358 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 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.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
21
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.0995c3dae2974e36a8f093ab20936284
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2102.141160