Imported Toxin-Producing Cutaneous Diphtheria --- Minnesota, Washington, and New Mexico, 2015--2018
by from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on (#4C10E)
From September 2015 to March 2018, CDC confirmed four cases of cutaneous diphtheria caused by toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae in patients from Minnesota (two), Washington (one), and New Mexico (one).