2025-07-10Zeitschriftenartikel
Autochthonous outbreak of respiratory diphtheria caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Germany, September 2024
Berger, Anja; Dangel, Alexandra; Bengs, Katja; Schlotmann, Sandra; Thomaßen, Peter; Maday, Claudia; Rubach, Carmen; Abdelgawad, Inas; Namaschk, Gabriele; Schneider, Lena; Perriat, Delphine; Badenschier, Franziska; Rau, Cornelius; Muscat, Mark; Sing, Andreas
In September 2024, a school-aged child (P1), unvaccinated against diphtheria, was hospitalised with severe respiratory diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. P1 subsequently died from the disease. The ...