Respiratory Diphtheria Caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans - Terre Haute, Indiana, 1996

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 330-332

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ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; UNITED STATES;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS;

EID: 0031576918     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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