Sexually transmitted diphtheria.
Diphtheria is caused by diphtheria toxin-producing Corynebacterium species. While classical respiratory diphtheria is transmitted by droplets, cutaneous diphtheria often results from minor trauma. This report concerns the first case of sexually transmitted diphtheria in a patient with non-gonococcal urethritis after orogenital contact.
National Consiliary Laboratory for Diphtheria, Oberschleissheim, Germany.
Anja
A
Berger
Carmen
C
Lensing
Regina
R
Konrad
Ingrid
I
Huber
Michael
M
Hogardt
Andreas
A
Sing
D000328:Adult; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D015231:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology