Diphtheria outbreak in St. Petersburg: Clinical characteristics of 1,860 adult patients

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-40

  Rakhmanova, Asa G ^a,d   Lumio, Jukka ^b   Groundstroem, Kaj ^b   Valova, Elena ^a   Nosikova, Elena ^a   Tanasijchuk, Tatjana ^a   Saikku, Jukka ^c  

^a Botkin Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c SEINÄJOKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; MORTALITY; PALATE; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT PALATE; THROAT CULTURE; TONSIL; USSR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FINLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0029960940     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549609027147     Document Type: Article

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