Fatal case of diphtheria in an unvaccinated infant in Finland

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 844-846

  Lumio, Jukka ^a   Suomalainen, Pekka ^b   Ölander, Rose Marie ^c   Saxén, Harri ^d   Salo, Eeva ^d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SOUTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antitoxin; Clinical; Diphtheria; Epidemiology; Toxin

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DIPHTHERIA; FATALITY; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VACCINATION;

DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VACCINATION;

EID: 0141682373     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000083906.24285.23     Document Type: Article

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