2010年9月12日,爱达荷州健康福利部收到一例呼吸道白喉样疾病的报告,病例为80岁男性,咽拭子样本中有溃疡棒状杆菌。尽管溃疡棒状杆菌具有人畜共患性,但报告的患者未接触动物和服用未灭菌的奶制品。其免疫史不详。溃疡棒状杆菌引起的呼吸道白喉样疾病不常见,但在呼吸道白喉罕见的发达国家已有报道。最近一次报告的病例是在2005年。 On December 12, 2010, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare received a report of respiratory diphtheria-like illness in an 80-year-old man with Corynebacterium ulcerans in the throat swab sample. Despite the zoonotic nature of C. ulcerans, the reported patients did not come into contact with animals and took unsterilized dairy products. The history of immunization is unknown. Corynebacterium ulcerans caused by respiratory diphtheria-like disease is not common, but in the respiratory tract diphtheria rare in developed countries have been reported. The most recent reported cases were in 2005.