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Euro Surveill. Diphtheria in the south of France, March 2011
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 19, 12 May 2011
Rapid communications
Diphtheria in the south of France, March 2011
C Rousseau (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, E Belchior<SUP>2</SUP>, B Broche<SUP>3</SUP>, E Badell<SUP>4</SUP>, N Guiso<SUP>4</SUP>, I Laharie<SUP>3</SUP>, O Patey<SUP>5</SUP>, D L?vy-Bruhl<SUP>2</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Rousseau C, Belchior E, Broche B, Badell E, Guiso N, Laharie I, Patey O, L?vy-Bruhl D. Diphtheria in the south of France, March 2011 . Euro Surveill. 2011;16(19):pii=19867. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=19867
Date of submission: 21 April 2011 <HR>In March 2011, a 40 year-old French man was diagnosed with diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Fifty-three close contacts were identified from whom throat samples were analysed. C. diphtheriae was found only in the asymptomatic partner of the index case. The two cases had travelled in Spain during the incubation period of the index case. Investigation around the second case identified 13 new close contacts. None of them was found to be infected.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 19, 12 May 2011
Rapid communications
Diphtheria in the south of France, March 2011
C Rousseau (
- Cellule de l?InVS en r?gion Languedoc-Roussillon (Cire), Montpellier, France
- Institut de Veille Sanitaire (French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, InVS), D?partement des maladies infectieuses, Saint-Maurice, France
- Agence r?gionale de sant? Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France
- Centre national de r?f?rence des Corynebact?ries toxinog?nes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Centre hospitalier intercommunal, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France
Citation style for this article: Rousseau C, Belchior E, Broche B, Badell E, Guiso N, Laharie I, Patey O, L?vy-Bruhl D. Diphtheria in the south of France, March 2011 . Euro Surveill. 2011;16(19):pii=19867. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=19867
Date of submission: 21 April 2011 <HR>In March 2011, a 40 year-old French man was diagnosed with diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Fifty-three close contacts were identified from whom throat samples were analysed. C. diphtheriae was found only in the asymptomatic partner of the index case. The two cases had travelled in Spain during the incubation period of the index case. Investigation around the second case identified 13 new close contacts. None of them was found to be infected.