Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae-Associated Genital Ulceration.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 26(9): 2180-2181, 2020 09.
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ABSTRACT
In October 2016, an adolescent boy sought care for acute genital ulceration in Cologne, Germany. We presumed a sexually transmitted infection, but initial diagnostic procedures yielded negative results. He was hospitalized because swab samples from the lesion grew toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae, leading to the diagnosis of possibly sexually transmitted cutaneous diphtheria.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae
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Difteria
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Emerg Infect Dis
Asunto de la revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article