Bacteriological & epidemiological characteristics of diphtheria cases in & around Delhi - A retrospective study

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 545-552

  Sharma, N C ^a   Banavaliker, J N ^a   Ranjan, Rajesh ^a   Kumar, Rajnish ^a  

^a Maharishi Valmiki Infectious Diseases Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

C. pseudodiphtheriticum; Corynebacterium ( ) C; Cysteinase; Diphtheriae; Gravis; Intermedius; Mitispharyngeal diphtharia; Toxigenicity; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDODIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROAT CULTURE; VACCINATION; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 42949124491     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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