Zoonotic Transmission of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strain, Germany, 2012
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...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2015-02-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/2/14-1160_article |