| Literature DB >> 15695729 |
Marie-Frédérique Lartigue1, Xavier Monnet, Anne Le Flèche, Patrick A D Grimont, Jean-Jacques Benet, Antoine Durrbach, Monique Fabre, Patrice Nordmann.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15695729 PMCID: PMC548063 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.999-1001.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948