| Literature DB >> 22628666 |
Anja Berger1, Carmen Lensing, Regina Konrad, Ingrid Huber, Michael Hogardt, Andreas Sing.
Abstract
Diphtheria is caused by diphtheria toxin-producing Corynebacterium species. While classical respiratory diphtheria is transmitted by droplets, cutaneous diphtheria often results from minor trauma. This report concerns the first case of sexually transmitted diphtheria in a patient with non-gonococcal urethritis after orogenital contact.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID： 22628666 DOI： 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050418
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sex Transm Infect ISSN： 1368-4973 Impact factor: 3.519