Nontoxigenic tox-bearing Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection among Game Animals, Germany

Abstract

Corynebacterium ulcerans may cause diphtheria in humans and caseous lymphadenitis in animals. We isolated nontoxigenic tox-bearing C. ulcerans from 13 game animals in Germany. Our results indicate a role for game animals as reservoirs for zoonotic C. ulcerans.

Keywords

• Corynebacterium ulcerans
• Sus scrofa
• Capreolus capreolus
• wildlife
• zoonoses
• diphtheria toxin