Corynebacterium ulcerans in an immunocompromised patient with diphtheria and her dog

Marie-Frédérique Lartigue; Xavier Monnet; Anne Le Flèche; Patrick A D Grimont; Jean-Jacques Benet; Antoine Durrbach; Monique Fabre; Patrice Nordmann

doi:10.1128/JCM.43.2.999-1001.2005

Corynebacterium ulcerans in an immunocompromised patient with diphtheria and her dog

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Feb;43(2):999-1001. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.999-1001.2005.

Authors

Marie-Frédérique Lartigue¹, Xavier Monnet, Anne Le Flèche, Patrick A D Grimont, Jean-Jacques Benet, Antoine Durrbach, Monique Fabre, Patrice Nordmann

Affiliation

¹ Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris XI, 78, Rue du Général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Cedex, France.

Abstract

Corynebacterium ulcerans causes zoonotic infections, such as diphtheria and extrapharyngeal infections. We report here the first case of a diphtheria-like illness caused by C. ulcerans in France and transmitted likely by a dog to an immunocompromised woman.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Corynebacterium / classification*
Corynebacterium / genetics
Corynebacterium / isolation & purification
Corynebacterium / pathogenicity
Corynebacterium Infections / microbiology
Corynebacterium Infections / transmission
Corynebacterium Infections / veterinary*
Diphtheria / microbiology*
Dog Diseases / microbiology
Dog Diseases / transmission*
Dogs
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Middle Aged
Zoonoses / microbiology*