Hoefer, AndreasHerrera-León, SilviaDomínguez, LucasOrdobás-Gavín, MaríaRomero, BeatrizAraujo Piedra, Ximena BelenSobrino Calzada, CristinaUría González, María JoséHerrera-Leon, LauraCase Study Investigation Group2023-05-092023-05-092022-06Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Jun;28(6):1257-1260.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/16023Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans is as an emerging zoonotic agent of diphtheria. We describe the zoonotic transmission of diphtheria caused by toxigenic C. ulcerans from domestic animals in Spain, confirmed by core-genome multilocus sequence typing. Alongside an increasing number of recent publications, our findings highlight the public health threat posed by diphtheria reemergence.engVoRhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Corynebacterium ulceransSpainBacteriaBacterial infectionsDiphtheriaZoonosesCorynebacterium InfectionsDiphtheriaAnimalsAnimals, DomesticDiphtheria ToxinSpainAtribución 4.0 Internacional356088312861257-126010.3201/eid2806.2119561080-6059Emerging infectious diseasesopen access