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Case Reports
. 2013 Mar;89(2):100-1.
doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050418. Epub 2012 May 23.

Sexually transmitted diphtheria

Anja Berger  1 , Carmen Lensing, Regina Konrad, Ingrid Huber, Michael Hogardt, Andreas Sing
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Case Reports

Sexually transmitted diphtheria

Anja Berger et al. Sex Transm Infect. 2013 Mar.

Abstract

Diphtheria is caused by diphtheria toxin-producing Corynebacterium species. While classical respiratory diphtheria is transmitted by droplets, cutaneous diphtheria often results from minor trauma. This report concerns the first case of sexually transmitted diphtheria in a patient with non-gonococcal urethritis after orogenital contact.

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