Cutaneous diphtheria infection

Cutaneous diphtheria infection
A diphtheria skin lesion on the leg
Specialty	Infectious diseases

Cutaneous diphtheria is an infection of the skin by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.^[1]: 265 It is also known as "desert sore".^[2]

See also

• Diphtheria
• Skin lesion

References

1. James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
2. Geoffrey V. Gill; Nick Beeching (1 March 2004). Lecture notes on tropical medicine. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-632-06496-0.