title: [Cutaneous diphtheria from Africa].
abstract: A 31-year-old woman returned to her native Germany, after a two-year stay in Tanzania, suffering from cutaneous diphtheria which had spread to nose and throat. One of her three children, a four-year-old boy, also had Corynebacterium diphtheria in his throat, without any symptoms. Both mother and child had been immunized against diphtheria.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D013636:Tanzania
vernacular_title: Hautdiphtherie aus Afrika.