Open AccessLaboratory-confirmed case of toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans in the United Kingdom
Author(s) -
S Elden,
Louise Coole,
Androulla Efstratiou,
N Doshi
Publication year - 2007
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.12.13.03166-en
Subject(s) - isolation (microbiology) , pharyngitis , medicine , kingdom , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pathology , paleontology
On 15 February 2007, the United Kingdom’s Respiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory confirmed isolation of a toxigenic (toxin-producing) Corynebacterium ulcerans from a pharyngeal sample taken from a man in his mid-fifties in North Yorkshire, England. The man’s symptoms included a five-week history of pharyngitis, laryngitis, fever and abdominal pain.