Imported toxigenic cutaneous diphtheria in a young male returning from Mozambique to Norway, March 2014

Euro Surveill. 2014 Jun 19;19(24):20835. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.24.20835.

Abstract

Six outbreaks of infectious syphilis in the United Kingdom, ongoing since 2012, have been investigated among men who have sex with men (MSM) and heterosexual men and women aged under 25 years. Interventions included case finding and raising awareness among healthcare professionals and the public. Targeting at-risk populations was complicated as many sexual encounters involved anonymous partners. Outbreaks among MSM were influenced by the use of geospatial real-time networking applications that allow users to locate other MSM within close proximity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Contact Tracing
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae / genetics
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae / isolation & purification*
  • Diphtheria / diagnosis*
  • Diphtheria / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mozambique
  • Norway
  • Penicillin G / therapeutic use
  • Penicillin V / therapeutic use
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Travel
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ulcer / drug therapy
  • Ulcer / microbiology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Penicillin G
  • Penicillin V