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pro vyhledávání: '"Nasopharyngeal Diphtheria"'
Publikováno v:
Tropical Biomedicine. 38:119-121
Nasopharyngeal diphtheria is an acute infectious upper respiratory tract disease caused by toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. We report a case of a young adult who presented to us with a short history of fever, sore throat, hoarseness
Autor:
P.D. Meers
Publikováno v:
Journal of Infection. 1:139-142
Summary Corynebacterium ulcerans is known to produce diphtheria toxin, but disease caused by it has usually been described as mild. A case of severe, classical nasopharyngeal diphtheria due to it is reported. Also described are other experiences with
Autor:
Edward W. Bixby
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 215:509-513
Publikováno v:
Journal of Infectious Diseases. 126:34-40
Patients with nephritis and schoolchildren in South Trinidad were surveyed for the presence of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in throats and skin lesions. The incidence of positive cultures was higher in skin lesions than in throat cultures. None of the
Publikováno v:
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 229:1890
While the number of reported diphtheria cases has dramatically declined, the case-fatality ratio reported for diphtheria in the United States has been approximately 10% (10 deaths/100 cases) for the past 50 years. To identify factors that contribute