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24.06.2017 | Case Report
Respiratory diphtheria due to Corynebacterium ulcerans transmitted by a companion dog, Italy 2014
verfasst von:
Monica Monaco, Anna Rita Sacchi, Marzia Scotti, Fabiola Mancini, Carlo Riccio, Giulia Errico, Giovanna Ratti, Filippo Bondi, Alessandra Ciervo, Annalisa Pantosti
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Infection
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Ausgabe 6/2017
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Abstract
A serious respiratory tract infection due to Corynebacterium ulcerans was observed in a 70-year-old woman. Clinical presentation included pseudomembranes in the upper respiratory tract and lung involvement. C. ulcerans was recovered from the nose of the patient’s dog. Both dog’s and patient’s isolates belonged to Sequence Type 331.