title: Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans in a fatal human case and her feline contacts, France, March 2014.
abstract: In March 2014, a person in their eighties who was diagnosed with extensive cellulitis due to toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans died from multiple organ failure. Environmental investigation also isolated C. ulcerans in biological samples from two stray cats in contact with the case. This finding provides further evidence that pets can carry toxigenic C. ulcerans and may be a source of the infection in humans.
authors.affiliation: Regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance - Ile de France and Champagne Ardenne, Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vandentorren
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guiso
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Badell
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boisrenoult
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Micaelo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Troché
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lecouls
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Moquet
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Patey
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Belchior
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D002415:Cats; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057805:Pets / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents