Two Cases of Cutaneous Diphtheria Associated with Occupational Pig Contact in Germany

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 539-542

  Berger, A ^a,b   Boschert, V ^b,c   Konrad, R ^a,b   Schmidt Wieland, T ^d   Hormansdorfer S ^b   Eddicks, M ^c   Sing, A ^a,b  

^a National Consiliary Laboratory for Diphtheria   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Labor Dr Gaertner   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium ulcerans; Diphtheria; Outbreak investigation; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; CUTANEOUS DIPHTHERIA; DEBRIDEMENT; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PIG FARMING; PLANTAR ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VACCINATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SUIDAE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIPHTHERIA; OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84888133648     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12031     Document Type: Article

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