Corynebacterium ulcerans in an immunocompromised patient with diphtheria and her dog

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 999-1001

  Lartigue, Marie Frédérique ^a   Monnet, Xavier ^a   Le Flèche, Anne ^b   Grimont, Patrick A D ^b   Benet, Jean Jacques ^c   Durrbach, Antoine ^a   Fabre, Monique ^a   Nordmann, Patrice ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EXTRAPHARYNGEAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DIPHTHERIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MIDDLE AGED; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 13844264532     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.999-1001.2005     Document Type: Article

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