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Zoonotic Transmission of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strain,Germany, 2012 |
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| Authors: | Dominik M. Meinel Regina Konrad Anja Berger Christina K?nig Torsten Schmidt-Wieland Michael Hogardt Heribert Bischoff Nikolaus Ackermann Stefan H?rmansdorfer Stefan Krebs Helmut Blum Gabriele Margos Andreas Sing |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | Corynebacterium ulcerans corynebacterium diphtheriae diphtheria toxigenic zoonoses high-throughput nucleotide sequencing |