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Published in: Infection 6/2017

01-12-2017 | Case Report

Respiratory diphtheria due to Corynebacterium ulcerans transmitted by a companion dog, Italy 2014

Authors: Monica Monaco, Anna Rita Sacchi, Marzia Scotti, Fabiola Mancini, Carlo Riccio, Giulia Errico, Giovanna Ratti, Filippo Bondi, Alessandra Ciervo, Annalisa Pantosti

Published in: Infection | Issue 6/2017

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Abstract

A serious respiratory tract infection due to Corynebacterium ulcerans was observed in a 70-year-old woman. Clinical presentation included pseudomembranes in the upper respiratory tract and lung involvement. C. ulcerans was recovered from the nose of the patient’s dog. Both dog’s and patient’s isolates belonged to Sequence Type 331.
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Metadata
Title
Respiratory diphtheria due to Corynebacterium ulcerans transmitted by a companion dog, Italy 2014
Authors
Monica Monaco
Anna Rita Sacchi
Marzia Scotti
Fabiola Mancini
Carlo Riccio
Giulia Errico
Giovanna Ratti
Filippo Bondi
Alessandra Ciervo
Annalisa Pantosti
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Infection / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0300-8126
Electronic ISSN: 1439-0973
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-017-1040-1

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