Corynebacterium ulcerans in an immunocompromised patient with diphtheria and her dog.
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.
Lartigue
Marie-Frédérique
MF
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.
Monnet
Xavier
X
Le Flèche
Anne
A
Grimont
Patrick A D
PA
Benet
Jean-Jacques
JJ
Durrbach
Antoine
A
Fabre
Monique
M
Nordmann
Patrice
P
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*