Corynebacterium ulcerans in an immunocompromised patient with diphtheria and her dog

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作者
Lartigue, MF
Monnet, X
Le Flèche, A
Grimont, PAD
Benet, JJ
Durrbach, A
Fabre, M
Nordmann, P
机构
[1] Univ Paris 11, Hop Bicetre, Assistance Publ Hop Paris, Serv Bacteriol Virol, F-94275 Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
[2] Hop Bicetre, Assistance Publ Hop Paris, Serv Reanimat Med, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
[3] Hop Bicetre, Assistance Publ Hop Paris, Serv Nephrol, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
[4] Hop Bicetre, Assistance Publ Hop Paris, Serv Anat & Cytol Pathol, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
[5] Fac Med, Le Kremlin Bicetre, France
[6] Inst Pasteur, INSERM,U389, Ctr Natl Reference Corynebacterium Diphtheriae, Unite Biodiversite Bacteries Pathogens Emergentes, F-75724 Paris, France
[7] Ecole Natl Vet Alfort, Maisons Alfort, France
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10.1128/JCM.43.2.999-1001.2005
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Corynebacterium ulcerans causes zoonotic infections, such as diphtheria and extrapharyngeal infections. We report here the first case of a diphtheria-like illness caused by C ulcerans in France and transmitted likely by a dog to an immunocompromised woman.
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