Molekulare Epidemiologie toxigener Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infektionen in Deutschland (Epidemiological analysis of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae infections in Germany…
Berger, A.; Meinel, D.; Marosevic, D.; Konrad, R.; Egli, A.; Sing, A. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2017 · Heft 4 · S. 1 bis 1
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Objectives:: Today Diphtheria is a rare disease in industrial countries but still a potential fatal threat to patients and public health we have to be aware of. In the 10 last years we observed increasing numbers of cutaneous diphtheria due to toxigenic C. diphtheriae and C. ulcerans strains. In 2015 the cases of cutaneous diphtheria among refugees and asylum seekers reported by Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden represented a significant outbreak of diphtheria among refugees in Europe. We used molecular typing methods such as multi locus sequence analysis and whole genome sequencing for the molecular char…