Correction to: Respiratory diphtheria in an asylum seeker from Afghanistan arriving to Finland via Sweden, December 2015 (Euro Surveill., (2016) 21, 2, 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.2.30105);Respiratory diphtheria in an asylum seeker from afghanistan arriving to Finland via Sweden, December 2015

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Sane, J ^a   Sorvari, T ^a   Widestrom M ^b   Kauma, H ^c   Kaukoniemi, U ^d   Tarkka, E ^e   Puumalainen, T ^a   Kuusi, M ^a   Salminen, M ^a   Lyytikainen O ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Lansi Pohja Central Hospital   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; DIPHTHERIA ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ROXITHROMYCIN; TROPONIN I; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DIPHTHERIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; THORAX PAIN; TONSILLITIS; ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FINLAND; GENETICS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REFUGEE; SWEDEN; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; AFGHANISTAN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFUROXIME; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DIPHTHERIA; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFUGEES; ROXITHROMYCIN; SWEDEN; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84976328494     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.5.30126     Document Type: Erratum

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