Cutaneous ulcers revealing diphtheria: A re-emerging disease imported from Indian Ocean countries?

Alberto, Chloé; Osdoit, S; Villani, A-P; Bellec, L; Belmonte, O; Schrenzel, Jacques; Bagny, K

doi:10.1016/j.annder.2020.04.024

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Cutaneous ulcers revealing diphtheria: A re-emerging disease imported from Indian Ocean countries?

ContributorsAlberto, Chloé; Osdoit, S; Villani, A-P; Bellec, L; Belmonte, O; Schrenzel, Jacques; Bagny, K

Published inAnnales de dermatologie et de vénéréologie

Publication date2020

Abstract

Diphtheria due to Corynebacteriumdiphtheriae (C. diphtheriae) has become rare in developed countries. In France only 10 cases of toxigenic diphtheria have been reported since 1989, in all cases causing pharyngitis and all emanating from endemic countries with exception of one contact case. We report herein 13 cases with cutaneous diphtheria, in 5 of which diphtheria toxin was produced, and all imported into France between 2015 and 2018.

Keywords

Diphtheria
Cutaneous diphtheria
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Cutaneous ulcers

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

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ALBERTO, Chloé et al. Cutaneous ulcers revealing diphtheria: A re-emerging disease imported from Indian Ocean countries? In: Annales de dermatologie et de vénéréologie, 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.annder.2020.04.024

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PID : unige:149098
DOI : 10.1016/j.annder.2020.04.024
PMID : 32631628

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0151963820302519

Journal ISSN0151-9638

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