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Access Microbiol. 2019 May 30;1(7):e000025. doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000025. eCollection 2019.

A case of cutaneous toxigenic .

Access microbiology

Richard Othieno, Kate Mark, Michelle Etherson, Geoffrey Foster, Steven Murray, Pota Kalima, Norman K Fry, Claire Cameron, Jenni Strachan

Affiliations

  1. National Health Services (NHS) Lothian, Edinburgh, UK.
  2. Scottish Agricultural College, Inverness, UK.
  3. Public Health England, London, UK.
  4. Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, UK.

PMID: 32974539 PMCID: PMC7481734 DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000025

Abstract

CASE PRESENTATION: A 60-year-old female presented with a slow-healing finger-burn wound. A skin swab cultured

CONCLUSION: This was a rare case of cutaneous diphtheria secondary to

© 2019 The Authors.

Keywords: Corynebacterium; public health; vaccination; wound infection; zoonoses

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

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