Pitfalls with diphtheria-like illness due to toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-

  Schuhegger, Regina ^a   Kugler, Rudolf ^a   Sing, Andreas ^a,b  

^a Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA VACCINE;

BACTERIAL GENE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIPHTHERIA; LETTER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOX GENE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 46349088345     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589575     Document Type: Letter

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