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Case Reports
. 2016 Oct;44(5):673-5.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-016-0882-2. Epub 2016 Feb 16.

A case of pharyngeal diphtheria in Germany, June 2015

A Berger  1   2 , D M Meinel  2 , A Schaffer  3 , R Ziegler  4 , J Pitteroff  5 , R Konrad  1   2 , Andreas Sing  6   7
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Case Reports

A case of pharyngeal diphtheria in Germany, June 2015

A Berger et al. Infection. 2016 Oct.

Abstract

Background: In June 2015, a 45-year-old man suffering from acute necrotic tonsillitis and throat phlegmon was hospitalized in Nuremberg, Germany. After emergency surgery the patient was initially treated with antibiotics.

Results: A throat swab grew a toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae biovar mitis strain. The patient's vaccination status was not documented and the patient was tested serologically for anti-diphtheria antibodies showing no protective immunity. Extensive control investigations were performed by the local health department showing no likely source of his infection.

Conclusion: No secondary cases were found and the patient completely recovered.

Keywords: Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Diphtheria; MLST; Pseudomembranes; Toxigenic.

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