A fatal case of necrotizing sinusitis due to toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-63

  Wellinghausen, Nele ^a   Sing, Andreas ^b   Kern, Winfried V ^a   Perner, Sven ^a   Marre, Reinhard ^a   Rentschler, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequencing; Corynebacterium ulcerans; Diphtheria toxin; Necrotizing sinusitis; Pulmonary failure

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN FRAGMENT A; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; FATALITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; NECROSIS; OFLOXACIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 0035990511     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00186     Document Type: Article

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