Diphtheria: A case report

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1397-1400

  Khodaei, I ^a,b   Sinha, A ^a   Dingle, A ^a  

^a LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Diphtheria

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RARE DISEASE; THROAT CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VACCINATION;

AGED; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN; EDEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; PALATE, SOFT; PARANASAL SINUSES;

EID: 57049105716     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215108001758     Document Type: Article

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