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Volume 29, Number 10—October 2023
Dispatch

Imported Toxigenic Corynebacterium Diphtheriae in Refugees with Polymicrobial Skin Infections, Germany, 2022

Benedikt Daniel SpielbergerComments to Author , Anna Hansel, Alea Nazary, Eva-Maria Kleißle, Claus-Georg Lehr, Marcel Utz, Juliana Hofer, Siegbert Rieg1, and Winfried V. Kern1
Author affiliation: University Medical Centre and Faculty of Medicine Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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Clinical manifestations of Corynebacterium diphtheriae skin infections in patients at a refugee reception center in Freiburg. Germany, 2022. A) Chronic erosive skin lesions at the ventral lower thigh. Toxigenic C. diphtheriae, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), and Streptococcus pyogenes were grown from skin swab samples. B) Ulcerative lesion with erythematous halo just above the right ankle. C. diphtheriae, MSSA, and S. pyogenes were detected from skin swab samples. C) Ecthymata at the lower leg without detection of C. diphtheriae but with growth of MSSA and S. pyogenes.

Figure. Clinical manifestations of Corynebacterium diphtheriae skin infections in patients at a refugee reception center in Freiburg. Germany, 2022. A) Chronic erosive skin lesions at the ventral lower thigh. Toxigenic C. diphtheriae, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), and Streptococcus pyogenes were grown from skin swab samples. B) Ulcerative lesion with erythematous halo just above the right ankle. C. diphtheriae, MSSA, and S. pyogenes were detected from skin swab samples. C) Ecthymata at the lower leg without detection of C. diphtheriae but with growth of MSSA and S. pyogenes.

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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