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Case Reports
. 2015 Aug;21(8):768-71.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.05.021. Epub 2015 May 28.

Possible human-to-human transmission of toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans

R Konrad  1 , S Hörmansdorfer  2 , A Sing  3
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Possible human-to-human transmission of toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans

R Konrad et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Aug.
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Abstract

Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans is an emerging cause of diphtheria. In contrast to the classical diphtheria pathogen C. diphtheriae, human-to-human transmission of this primarily zoonotic pathogen has not been clearly documented. Here we report on a two-person cluster suggesting an initial zoonotic and a subsequent human-to-human transmission event.

Keywords: Corynebacterium ulcerans; diphtheria; person-to-person transmission; zoonosis; zoonotic transmission.

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