Exudative Pharyngitis Possibly Due to Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, a New Challenge in the Differential Diagnosis of Diphtheria

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-68

  Izurieta, Hector S ^a   Strebel, Peter M ^a   Youngblood, Thomas ^b   Hollis, Dannie G ^a   Popovic, Tanja ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Rogers Pediatric Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030624655     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0301.970109     Document Type: Article

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