Table 2. Microbiology test results for 27 refugees with imported toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae in polymicrobial skin infections, Germany, 2022*.
| Microbiology result | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| No. C. diphtheriae isolates | 27 |
| Any skin wound | 25 (93) |
| Skin wounds with toxigenic C. diphtheriae | 25 |
| Toxigenic C. diphtheriae in skin wound and throat swab |
5 (20) |
| Any throat swab with C. diphtheriae | 7 (26) |
| And without skin wounds |
2 (29) |
| Patients without skin wounds | 2 (7) |
| And wth C. diphtheriae in throat swab |
2 (100) |
| Contact persons screened |
154 |
| Co-colonization of skin infections (% of all skin wounds) | |
| C. diphtheriae, Staphylococcus. aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes | 21 (84) |
| C. diphtheriae, S. pyogenes, no S. aureus | 3 (12) |
|
C. diphtheriae, no S. pyogenes, no S. aureus
|
1 (4) |
| Antimicrobial resistance | |
| Total S. aureus isolates | 21 |
| MSSA | 11 (52) |
| Community-acquired MRSA | 10 (48) |
| Hospital-acquired MRSA | 0 |
| Total no. S. pyogenes isolates | 24 |
| Resistance to clindamycin | 3 (13) |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive S. aureus.