Imported Cutaneous Diphtheria, United Kingdom

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 511-513

  De Benoist, Anne Claire ^a   White, Joanne Margaret ^a   Efstratiou, Androulla ^a   Kelly, Carole ^a   Mann, Ginder ^a   Nazareth, Bernadette ^b   Irish, Charles James ^c   Kumar, Deepti ^d   Crowcroft, Natasha Sarah ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Peterborough Pub Hlth Protect U   (United Kingdom)

^c Avon Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d Ealing Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS TOXOID; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; MALE; PAKISTAN; RIBOTYPING; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DIPHTHERIA; SKIN INFECTION; SOMALIA; SORE THROAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THROAT CULTURE; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1542287279     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1003.030524     Document Type: Article

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