Concurrent diphtheria and infectious mononucleosis: Difficulties for management, investigation and control of diphtheria in developing countries

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1685-1688

  Mattos Guaraldi, A L ^a   Damasco, P V ^b,c   Gomes, D L R ^a,d   Melendez, M G ^c   Santos, L S ^a   Marinelli, R S ^e   Napoleao F ^a,e   Sabbadini, P S ^a   Santos, C S ^a   Moreira, L O ^a   Hirata, Jr ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Federal de Edução Ciêcncia e Tecnologia Do Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

^e LACEN SESDEC Laboratorio Central de Saude Publica Secretaria de Estado de Saude e Defesa Civil   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CATALASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; CREATININE; DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALTOSE; NITROGEN; PENICILLIN G; TROPONIN; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIPHTHERIA; EDEMA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS; SWELLING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS CAPSID;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE;

EID: 80054779394     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.027870-0     Document Type: Article

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