Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration
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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 diphtheriae (patient 1) and Corynebacterium striatum (patient 2) infection.
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Dermatology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1662-6567
DOI: 10.1159/000476054