TY - JOUR AU - Fuchs, Frieder AU - Markert, Derya AU - Wagner, Isabel AU - Liebau, Max AU - Berger, Anja AU - Dangel, Alexandra AU - Sing, Andreas AU - Fabri, Mario AU - Plum, Georg T1 - Toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae–Associated Genital Ulceration T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 9 SP - 2180 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In October 2016, an adolescent boy sought care for acute genital ulceration in Cologne, Germany. We presumed a sexually transmitted infection, but initial diagnostic procedures yielded negative results. He was hospitalized because swab samples from the lesion grew toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae, leading to the diagnosis of possibly sexually transmitted cutaneous diphtheria. KW - Sexually transmitted infections KW - sexually transmitted diseases KW - child refugee KW - cutaneous diphtheria KW - genital ulcer disease KW - bacteria KW - Corynebacterium diphtheriae KW - Germany KW - Ethiopia DO - 10.3201/eid2609.180830 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/18-0830_article ER - End of Reference