Investigations of 2 cases of diphtheria-like illness due to toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-401

  Tiwari, Tejpratap S P ^a   Golaz, Anne ^a   Yu, Diana T ^c   Ehresmann, Kristen R ^d   Jones, Timothy F ^e   Hill, Hal E ^f   Cassiday, Pamela K ^a   Pawloski, Lucia C ^a   Moran, John S ^a   Popovic, Tanja ^b   Wharton, Melinda ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Thurston County Public Health and Social Services   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN; TETANUS TOXOID; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39449099034     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/525262     Document Type: Article

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