| cutaneous diphtheria in the urban poor population of vancouver, british columbia: a 10-year review. | between 1998 - 2007, records from 33 patients with cutaneous diphtheria from vancouver's inner-city were reviewed. cases were associated with injection drug use and poverty. co-infections with staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus pyogenes and arcanobacterium haemolyticum occurred. corynebacterium diphtheriae is endemic in vancouver's urban core, with mlst sequence type 76 strains predominating. | 2011 | 21525220 |