Screening for Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans in patients with upper respiratory tract infections 2007-2008: A multicentre European study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 519-525

  Wagner, K S ^a   White, J M ^a   Neal, S ^b   Crowcroft, N S ^a,c   Kupreviciene N ^d   Paberza, R ^e   Lucenko, I ^f   Joks U ^g   Akbas E ^h   Alexandrou Athanassoulis, H ⁱ   Detcheva, A ^j   Vuopio, J ^k   von Hunolstein, C ^l   Murphy, P G ^m   Andrews, N ^a   Efstratiou, A ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Centre for Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control   (Lithuania)

^e Infectology Centre of Latvia   (Latvia)

^f State Agency 'Public Health Agency'   (Latvia)

^g Central Laboratory of Communicable Disease of Health Protection Inspectorate   (Estonia)

^h Refik Saydam Hygiene Center   (Turkey)

ⁱ AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^j NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^k NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^l ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^m ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

Corynebacteria; Diphtheria; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BULGARIA; CHILD; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DIPHTHERIA; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; ITALY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 79952712166     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03269.x     Document Type: Article

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