Diphtheria — Worldwide/Unknown
Jakovljev A, Steinbakk M, Mengshoel AT, Sagvik E, Brugger-Synnes P, Sakshaug T, Ronning K, Blystad H, Bergh K
Abstract
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In March 2014, a 20-year-old man was diagnosed with cutaneous diphtheria at St. Olavs University Hospital in Trondheim, Norway on his return from Africa. The man had been in Mozambique since autumn 2013 and had experienced persistent skin ulcer infections. His was in good general health. Toxin-producing _Corynebacterium diphtheriae_ was grown from a wound
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