An unusual case of post-trauma polymicrobial cutaneous diphtheria.
Chemoprophylaxis
Corynebacterium diphtheria
Cutaneous diphtheria
MALDI-TOF MS
Road traffic accident (RTA)
Journal
Infection
ISSN: 1439-0973
Titre abrégé: Infection
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 0365307
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
Historique:
received:
06
03
2019
accepted:
18
03
2019
pubmed:
7
4
2019
medline:
7
3
2020
entrez:
7
4
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We report a rare case of post-traumatic cutaneous diphtheria in a patient referred from a hospital in rural India. The diagnosis of cutaneous diphtheria was confirmed by the isolation of Corynebacterium diphtheriae cultured from the ulcer of the leg, along with Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Arcanobacterium haemolyticum. The patient was kept on isolation and treated with erythromycin for 14 days without antitoxin. He was discharged when his subsequent cultures turned out to be negative. Chemoprophylaxis was also given to his family members. Such a case highlights the revisiting of vaccination strategies and the role of cutaneous carriers in transmission of this deadly disease.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30953325
doi: 10.1007/s15010-019-01300-x
pii: 10.1007/s15010-019-01300-x
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Erythromycin
63937KV33D
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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