Imported laryngeal and cutaneous diphtheria in tourists returning from western Africa to Sweden, March 2012

E Lindhusen-Lindhé; L Dotevall; M Berglund

doi:10.2807/ese.17.23.20189-en

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Imported laryngeal and cutaneous diphtheria in tourists returning from western Africa to Sweden, March 2012
E Lindhusen-Lindhé¹ , L Dotevall¹ , M Berglund²
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Affiliations: ¹ Department for Communicable Disease and Control, Västra Götaland Region, Sweden ² Departement for ENT Diseases, Trollhättan, Västra Götaland Region, Sweden

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E Lindhusen-Lindhé
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Citation style for this article: Lindhusen-Lindhé E, Dotevall L, Berglund M. Imported laryngeal and cutaneous diphtheria in tourists returning from western Africa to Sweden, March 2012. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(23):pii=20189. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.23.20189-en Received: 25 May 2012

Abstract

In March 2012 a 68-year-old woman was diagnosed with laryngeal diphtheria in a hospital in Västra Götaland Region, Sweden. Six days before symptom onset she had returned from a trip to western Africa where she had travelled accompanied by her husband. During the investigation, the 76-year-old husband was diagnosed with cutaneous diphtheria. Both patients were incompletely vaccinated against diphtheria. .