A case of fatal respiratory diphtheria imported from Poland to Germany: possible link to an undetected imported diphtheria cluster in Poland?
NGS data suggest a common source of infection in Poland and a possible link to the Europe-wide outbreak of imported diphtheria with C. diphtheriae since 2022. This is the first diphtheria case in Poland since 2000.
Authors
- Aleksandra Anna Zasada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2774-0941)
- Katarzyna Piekarska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1763-3475)
- Katja Bengs
- Iwona Paradowska‐Stankiewicz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7222-1337)
- Alexandra Dangel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6737-5681)
- Christine Noll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8567-1254)
- Andreas Sing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1619-6047)
- Anja Berger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5437-787X)
Institutions
- Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (DE)
- Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego PZH – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy (PL)
- World Health Organization - Italy (IT)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-025-02522-y
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.39