Fatal respiratory tract diphtheria apparently caused by nontoxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 816-820

  Rakhmanova, A G ^a   Lumio, J ^b   Groundstroem, K W E ^b   Taits, B M ^a   Zinserling, V A ^a   Kadyrova, S N ^a   Goltsova, E Y ^a   Melnick, O B ^a  

^a Botkin Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0030657080     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01700411     Document Type: Article

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