ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2023
Imported Toxigenic Corynebacterium Diphtheriae in Refugees with Polymicrobial Skin Infections, Germany, 2022.
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- Evaluation of vaccine immunity against tetanus, hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, in migrant adolescents aged 13 to 18 years arriving in Geneva in 2023.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Observational
- Prevalence of diphtheria and antimicrobial-resistant wound infections among asylum seekers in Heidelberg, Germany, August-October 2024.PloS one · 2026Article
- Cutaneous diphtheria in a child returning from visiting friends & relatives in Burkina Faso: a case report.Infection · 2025Article
- Management and outcome of cutaneous diphtheria in adolescent refugees in Germany, June 2022 - October 2023.Infection · 2025Article
- Preparedness and response to the international poliovirus and diphtheria reintroduction alert: public health interventions and strategy review in the Veneto Region, Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infections in Low-Risk Patients, Switzerland, 2023.Emerging infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Infection by a multidrug-resistant Corynebacterium diphtheriae strain: prediction of virulence factors, CRISPR-Cas system analysis, and structural implications of mutations conferring rifampin resistance.Functional & integrative genomics · 2024Article
- Diphtheria in a Swiss Asylum Seeker Reception Centre: Outbreak Investigation and Evaluation of Testing and Vaccination Strategies.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- Cellulitis Caused by Mixed Infection with Group A Streptococci and Non-Toxigenic tox-Gene-BearingCase reports in dermatologyArticle
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Abstract
During August-December 2022, toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae was isolated from 25 refugees with skin infections and 2 refugees with asymptomatic throat colonization at a refugee reception center in Germany. None had systemic toxin-mediated illness. Of erosive/ulcerative skin infections, 96% were polymicrobial. Erosive/ulcerative wounds in refugees should undergo testing to rule out cutaneous diphtheria.
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