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In Australia, toxigenic diphtheria is a rare notifiable communicable disease, due to high\u2010vaccination coverage. The public health management of cutaneous cases of toxigenic\n                      <jats:italic>C. ulcerans<\/jats:italic>\n                      varies between jurisdictions, as opposed to the more uniform public health response to toxigenic\n                      <jats:italic>Corynebacterium diphtheriae<\/jats:italic>\n                      presenting as respiratory or laryngeal diphtheria.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      To report a case of zoonotically acquired\n                      <jats:italic>C. ulcerans<\/jats:italic>\n                      , review evidence on the zoonotic reservoir and reported transmission events, and examine public health guidelines for the management of human and animal contacts.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In this case report, we detail our case investigation, treatment and public health management, including contact tracing and an approach to animal testing. We successfully identified companion canines as probable sources for the human case, with WGS confirming the link. The zoonotic disease link of\n                      <jats:italic>C. ulcerans<\/jats:italic>\n                      to domestic and agricultural animals is established in the literature; however, the management of animal contacts in human cases is inconsistent with jurisdictional or national guidelines.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>While a rare disease, a consistent approach to public health management is warranted to systematically elucidate the disease source and improve understanding of transmission.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/zph.13094","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,13]],"date-time":"2023-11-13T23:45:29Z","timestamp":1699919129000},"page":"157-169","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Zoonotic transmission of diphtheria toxin\u2010producing\n                    <scp>Corynebacterium ulcerans<\/scp>"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"71","author":[{"given":"Adeline","family":"Hillan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control North Metropolitan Health Service  Perth Western Australia Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tristan","family":"Gibbs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology PathWest Laboratory Medicine  Nedlands Western Australia Australia"},{"name":"School of Medicine University of Western Australia  Perth Western Australia Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Graham","family":"Weaire\u2010Buchanan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology PathWest Laboratory Medicine  Nedlands Western Australia Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tracy","family":"Brown","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control North Metropolitan Health Service  Perth Western Australia Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stanley","family":"Pang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology PathWest Laboratory Medicine  Nedlands Western Australia Australia"},{"name":"College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education Murdoch University  Perth Western Australia Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Suzanne P.","family":"McEvoy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control North Metropolitan Health Service  Perth Western Australia Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0555-382X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Erica","family":"Parker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control North Metropolitan Health Service  Perth Western Australia Australia"},{"name":"School of Medicine University of Western Australia  Perth Western Australia Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/jsap.13185"},{"issue":"10","key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Zoonotic potential of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, revision cases","volume":"10","author":"Belchior E.","year":"2009","journal-title":"REDVET"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/22221751.2018.1562312"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.vaccine.2009.04.048"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/vr.102634"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_7_1","volume-title":"Ratgeber \u2013 Diphtherie [Internet]","author":"Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Gesundheit Deutschland \u2013 Robert Koch Institut","year":"2018"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/1040638718764786"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_9_1","volume-title":"Epidemiology and prevention of vaccine\u2010preventable diseases","author":"Centers for Disease Control, Prevention (US); 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