Cutaneous diphtheria most likely due to exposure in a detention camp in Libya

Taccari, Francesco, Frondizi, Federico, Salvati, Federica, Giovannenze, Francesca, Del Giacomo, Paola, Damiano, Fernando, Spanu, Teresa, Graffeo, Rosalia, Menchinelli, Giulia, Mariotti, Melinda, Sanguinetti, Maurizio, Castri, Federica, Neumayr, Andreas, Brunetti, Enrico, Errico, Giulia, Murri, Rita, Cauda, Roberto, and Scoppettuolo, Giancarlo (2023) Cutaneous diphtheria most likely due to exposure in a detention camp in Libya. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30 (5). taad073.

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[Extract] A 24-year-old male Bangladeshi asylum seeker presented to the emergency department of Policlinico A. Gemelli of Rome, Italy with multiple skin lesions. The patient had emigrated from his home country 10 months before, had spent 6 months in poor hygienic conditions in refugee detention camps in Libya and had arrived in Italy from the detention camp two weeks prior.

Item ID: 80413
Item Type: Article (Short Note)
ISSN: 1708-8305
Keywords: Corynebacterium, diphtheria, migrant, pruritic lesion, refugee, skin diseases, verrucous lesion
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Date Deposited: 12 Feb 2024 06:37
FoR Codes: 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3202 Clinical sciences > 320205 Dermatology @ 100%
SEO Codes: 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200101 Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions @ 100%
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