RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sexually transmitted diphtheria
JF Sexually Transmitted Infections
JO Sex Transm Infect
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 100
OP 101
DO 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050418
VO 89
IS 2
A1 Anja Berger
A1 Carmen Lensing
A1 Regina Konrad
A1 Ingrid Huber
A1 Michael Hogardt
A1 Andreas Sing
YR 2013
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/89/2/100.abstract
AB Diphtheria is caused by diphtheria toxin-producing Corynebacterium species. While classical respiratory diphtheria is transmitted by droplets, cutaneous diphtheria often results from minor trauma. This report concerns the first case of sexually transmitted diphtheria in a patient with non-gonococcal urethritis after orogenital contact.