Diphtheria outbreak in Maranhão, Brazil: Microbiological, clinical and epidemiological aspects

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 791-798

  Santos, L S ^a,g   Sant'Anna, L O ^a,g   Ramos, J N ^a,b,g   Ladeira, E M ^b   Stavracakis Peixoto, R ^a,c,g   Borges, L L G ^d   Santos, C S ^a,g   Napoleao F ^a,g   Camello, T C F ^a,g   Pereira, G A ^a,e,g   Hirata, R ^a,g   Vieira, V V ^b,f   Cosme, L M S S ^f   Sabbadini, P S ^a,d,g   Mattos Guaraldi, A L ^a,g  

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

^b National Institute for Quality Control in Health   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d CEUMA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^g FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Corynebacterium diphtheriae biovar intermedius; diphtheria outbreak

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PALATE DISEASE; PARALYSIS; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TONSIL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927957395     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814001241     Document Type: Article

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