[Cutaneous diphtheria from Africa].

A 31-year-old woman returned to her native Germany, after a two-year stay in Tanzania, suffering from cutaneous diphtheria which had spread to nose and throat. One of her three children, a four-year-old boy, also had Corynebacterium diphtheria in his throat, without any symptoms. Both mother and child had been immunized against diphtheria.