Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration

In the context of the European migrant crisis, more and more cases of cutaneous diphtheria are seen. A typical presentation includes painful cutaneous ulcerations with grayish-whitish pseudomembranes. Here we present 2 male Eritrean patients suffering from cutaneous nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diph...

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Autores principales: Kolios, Antonios G.A., Cozzio, Antonio, Zinkernagel, Annelies S., French, Lars E., Kündig, Thomas M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5465518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28611629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000476054
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author Kolios, Antonios G.A.
Cozzio, Antonio
Zinkernagel, Annelies S.
French, Lars E.
Kündig, Thomas M.
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description In the context of the European migrant crisis, more and more cases of cutaneous diphtheria are seen. A typical presentation includes painful cutaneous ulcerations with grayish-whitish pseudomembranes. Here we present 2 male Eritrean patients suffering from cutaneous nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae (patient 1) and Corynebacterium striatum (patient 2) infection.
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spelling pubmed-54655182017-06-13 Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration Kolios, Antonios G.A. Cozzio, Antonio Zinkernagel, Annelies S. French, Lars E. Kündig, Thomas M. Case Rep Dermatol Case Series In the context of the European migrant crisis, more and more cases of cutaneous diphtheria are seen. A typical presentation includes painful cutaneous ulcerations with grayish-whitish pseudomembranes. Here we present 2 male Eritrean patients suffering from cutaneous nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae (patient 1) and Corynebacterium striatum (patient 2) infection. S. Karger AG 2017-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5465518/ /pubmed/28611629 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000476054 Text en Copyright © 2017 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Kolios, Antonios G.A.
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Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration
title Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration
title_full Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration
title_fullStr Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration
title_short Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration
title_sort cutaneous corynebacterium infection presenting with disseminated skin nodules and ulceration
topic Case Series
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5465518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28611629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000476054
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