Nontoxigenic tox -bearing Corynebacterium ulcerans Infection among Game Animals, Germany

Corynebacterium ulcerans may cause diphtheria in humans and caseous lymphadenitis in animals.We isolated nontoxigenic tox-bearing C. ulcerans from 13 game animals in Germany.Our results indicate a role for game animals as reservoirs for zoonotic C. ulcerans.*% ID, probability of identification according to the evaluation by the manufacturer; CBC, coryneform bacteria; ANC, Corynebacterium and anaerobes; Cps, C. pseudotuberculosis; Cul, C. ulcerans; Cdi, C. diphtheriae; Cje, C. jeikeium; Cma, C. macginleyi.†Probability of identification was not provided by the manufacturer for cases in which test results identified 2 organisms.