Cutaneous and pharyngeal diphtheria imported from the Indian subcontinent

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 852, 1996, Pages 619-620

  Hart, P E ^a,b   Lee, P Y C ^a   Macallan, D C ^a   Wansbrough Jones, M H ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Diphtheria; Toxigenic

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; INDIA; PHARYNGITIS; SKIN ULCER; TRAVEL;

EID: 0029908786     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.852.619     Document Type: Article

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