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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Title		Cutaneous ulcers revealing diphtheria: A re-emerging disease imported from Indian Ocean countries?
Authors		Alberto, Chloé Osdoit, S Villani, A-P Bellec, L Belmonte, O Schrenzel, Jacques Bagny, K
Published in		Annales de dermatologie et de vénéréologie. 2020
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
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1016/j.annder.2020.04.024 PMID: 32631628
Full text		Article (Published version) (823 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE Other version: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0151963820302519
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine
Research groups		Analyse génomique et fonctionnelle du staphylocoque doré (604) Maladie infectieuse cuténe persistante : Exemple, la Syphilis (1023) Mécanismes des pathologies de l'inflammation cutanée (919)
Citation (ISO format)		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 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:149098