Diphtheria-like disease caused by toxigenic corynebacterium ulcerans strain

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Sangal, Vartul and Nieminen, Leena and Weinhardt, Barbara and Raeside, Jane and Tucker, Nicholas P. and Florea, Catalina Diana and Pollock, Kevin G. and Hoskisson, Paul A. (2014) Diphtheria-like disease caused by toxigenic corynebacterium ulcerans strain. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 20 (7). pp. 1257-1258. ISSN 1080-6040 (https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2007.140216)

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Abstract

Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans is an increasingly reported cause of diphtheria in the United Kingdom and is often associated with a zoonotic origin (1,2). Here, we report a case of diphtheria caused by toxigenic C. ulcerans in a woman, 51 years of age, from Scotland, UK, who was admitted to a hospital in August 2013 with a swollen, sore throat and a gray-white membrane over the pharyngeal surface. The patient had returned from a 2-week family holiday in the state of Florida, United States, before the admission and also reported recent treatment of a pet dog for pharyngitis. The patient was believed to have been vaccinated against diphtheria during childhood. She was immediately admitted to an isolation ward and treated with a combination of clindamycin, penicillin, and metronidazole.

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Sangal, Vartul, Nieminen, Leena ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7172-7923, Weinhardt, Barbara, Raeside, Jane, Tucker, Nicholas P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6331-3704, Florea, Catalina Diana, Pollock, Kevin G. and Hoskisson, Paul A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4332-1640;
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