Human Infections by Novel Zoonotic Species Corynebacterium silvaticum, Germany.

ABSTRACT: We report 2 human Corynebacterium silvaticum infections in Germany with axillary lymphadenitis and abscess formation; in 1 case the infection likely originated from a slaughtered wild boar. This recently described member of the diphtheria toxin gene-bearing C. diphtheriae species complex might be a new zoonotic pathogen.

SUBMITTER: Berger A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12205466 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature