A case of diphtheria in the Netherlands due to an infection with Corynebacterium ulcerans;Difterie door infectie met Corynebacterium ulcerans in Nederland

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 403-406

  Van Dam, A P ^a   Schippers, E F ^a   Visser, L G ^a   Peek, N ^a   Swaan, C M ^b   Kuijper, E J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service of Zuid Holland Noord   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NETHERLANDS; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS PHARYNGITIS; THROAT CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINS; PHARYNGITIS;

EID: 0345701446     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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