Zoonotic Transmission of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strain, Germany, 2012

Meinel, Dominik M.; Konrad, Regina; Berger, Anja; Koenig, Christina; Schmidt-Wieland, Torsten; Hogardt, Michael; Bischoff, Heribert; Ackermann, Nikolaus; Hoermansdorfer, Stefan; Krebs, Stefan; Blum, Helmut; Margos, Gabriele und Sing, Andreas (2015): Zoonotic Transmission of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strain, Germany, 2012. In: Emerging infectious Diseases, Bd. 21, Nr. 2: S. 356-358

Abstract

Severe necrotizing fasciitis was diagnosed in a 53-year-old man in Germany in 2012. Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans was grown from a wound swab sample. One of the patient's 2 dogs was found to harbor a toxigenic C. ulcerans strain. Results of next generation sequencing of both isolates supported recent zoonotic transmission of this bacterial pathogen.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1080-6040
• Sprache: Englisch