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Two cases of cutaneous diphtheria associated with occupational pig contact in Germany
A Berger1, V Boschert, R Konrad
1National Consiliary Laboratory for Diphtheria, Oberschleißheim, Germany; Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
Abstract:
In 2010, two independent cases of cutaneous diphtheria caused by toxigenic C. ulcerans were identified in Germany. Both patients had intense occupational contact with pigs. Diagnostic work-up comprising biochemical differentiation, rpoB sequencing, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) analysis, real-time tox PCR and Elek test as well as public health measures including an intensified source tracing involving 83 asymptomatic pigs of an associated pig farm are presented.
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