Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration

Publikation

Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 16.05.2017

Kolios Antonios G A, Cozzio Antonio, Zinkernagel Annelies S, French Lars E, Kündig Thomas M

Zitation

Kolios A, Cozzio A, Zinkernagel A, French L, Kündig T. Cutaneous Corynebacterium Infection Presenting with Disseminated Skin Nodules and Ulceration. Case Rep Dermatol 2017; 9:8-12.

Art

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)

Zeitschrift

Case Rep Dermatol 2017; 9

Veröffentlichungsdatum

16.05.2017

ISSN (Druck)

1662-6567

Seiten

8-12

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

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.