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

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
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
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Journal ISSN0151-9638
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