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Zoonotic Transmission of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strain, Germany, 2012
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Feb 2015
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Source:Emerg Infect Dis. 21(2):356-358.
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Alternative Title:Emerg Infect Dis
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Description:Severe necrotizing fasciitis was diagnosed in a 53-year-old man in Germany in 2012. Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans was grown from a wound swab sample. One of the patient´s 2 dogs was found to harbor a toxigenic C. ulcerans strain. Results of next generation sequencing of both isolates supported recent zoonotic transmission of this bacterial pathogen.
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