Cutaneous diphtheria infection

Medical condition

Cutaneous diphtheria infection

A diphtheria skin lesion on the leg
Specialty	Infectious diseases

Cutaneous diphtheria is an infection of the skin by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It is also known as "desert sore".

References

James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
Geoffrey V. Gill; Nick Beeching (1 March 2004). Lecture notes on tropical medicine. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-632-06496-0. Retrieved 14 May 2010.

Staphylococcus	Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome Impetigo Toxic shock syndrome
Streptococcus	Impetigo Cutaneous group B streptococcal infection Streptococcal intertrigo Cutaneous Streptococcus iniae infection Erysipelas / Chronic recurrent erysipelas Scarlet fever
Corynebacterium	Erythrasma
Clostridium	Gas gangrene Dermatitis gangrenosa
Others	Listeriosis Erysipeloid of Rosenbach Mycoplasma

Mycobacterium-
related

Others

Alpha	Endemic typhus Epidemic typhus Scrub typhus North Asian tick typhus Queensland tick typhus Flying squirrel typhus Trench fever Bacillary angiomatosis African tick bite fever American tick bite fever Rickettsia aeschlimannii infection Rickettsialpox Rocky Mountain spotted fever Human granulocytotropic anaplasmosis Human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis Flea-borne spotted fever Japanese spotted fever Mediterranean spotted fever Flinders Island spotted fever Verruga peruana Brill–Zinsser disease Brucellosis Cat-scratch disease Oroya fever Ehrlichiosis ewingii infection
Beta	Gonococcemia/Gonorrhea/Primary gonococcal dermatitis Melioidosis Cutaneous Pasteurella hemolytica infection Meningococcemia Glanders Chromobacteriosis infection
Gamma	Pasteurellosis Tularemia Vibrio vulnificus Rhinoscleroma Haemophilus influenzae cellulitis Pseudomonal pyoderma / Pseudomonas hot-foot syndrome / Hot tub folliculitis / Ecthyma gangrenosum / Green nail syndrome Q fever Salmonellosis Shigellosis Plague Granuloma inguinale Chancroid Aeromonas infection

Other

Unspecified
pathogen

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