title: Corynebacterium ulcerans in an immunocompromised patient with diphtheria and her dog.
abstract: Corynebacterium ulcerans causes zoonotic infections, such as diphtheria and extrapharyngeal infections. We report here the first case of a diphtheria-like illness caused by C. ulcerans in France and transmitted likely by a dog to an immunocompromised woman.
authors.affiliation: Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris XI, 78, Rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Marie-Frédérique
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lartigue
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Monnet
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Flèche
authors.forename: Patrick A D
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Grimont
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Benet
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durrbach
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fabre
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nordmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000382:microbiology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008875:Middle Aged; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology*