Wood Lamp as a Possible Helpful Diagnostic Tool to Detect Cutaneous Diphtheria

JAMA Dermatol. 2024 Nov 27. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4371. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Matiar Madanchi¹, Riccardo Curatolo¹, Alexander A Navarini¹, Hazem A Juratli^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
² Department of Dermatology, Dermatopathology Training Center, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Medical Genetics and Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 39602105
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.4371

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Plain language summary

This case report describes a patient with a cutaneous diphtheria ulcer that was detected using Wood lamp.