Clinical characteristics and management of 676 hospitalized diphtheria cases, Kyrgyz Republic, 1995

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Kadirova, R ^a   Kartoglu, H U ^b   Strebel, P M ^c  

^a Nursing Education Centre   (Kyrgyzstan)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE CARRIER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KYRGYZSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDITIS; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 0034092809     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315549     Document Type: Article

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