Human clinical isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans collected in Canada from 1999 to 2003 but not fitting reporting criteria for cases of diphtheria

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3447-3449

  DeWinter, Leanne M ^a   Bernard, Kathryn A ^a   Romney, Marc G ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANADA; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIPHTHERIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TOXICITY; VACCINATION;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CANADA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS;

CORYNEBACTERIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 22144499213     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3447-3449.2005     Document Type: Article

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