Pseudomembranous diphtheria caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans;Angine diphtérique pseudomembraneuse autochtone liée à Corynebacterium ulcerans

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-335

  Aaron, L ^a   Heurtebise, F ^a   Bachelier, M N ^a   Guimard, Y ^a  

^a ENSI de Bourges   (France)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium ulcerans; Polynevritis; Pseudomembranous angina

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PARALYSIS; PHARYNGITIS; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS DIPHTHERIA;

AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIPHTHERIA; DOGS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHARYNGITIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645871854     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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