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: Meinel, Dominik M., Konrad, Regina, Berger, Anja, König, Christina, Schmidt-Wieland, Torsten, Hogardt, Michael, Bischoff, Heribert, Ackermann, Nikolaus, Hörmansdorfer, Stefan, Krebs, Stefan, Blum, Helmut, Margos, Gabriele, Sing, Andreas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313654/

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