Investigations of 2 Cases of Diphtheria-Like Illness Due to Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans | Zendy

Tejpratap Tiwari | Zendy; Anne Golaz | Zendy; Donghui Yu | Zendy; Kris Ehresmann | Zendy; Timothy F. Jones | Zendy; Hal Hill | Zendy; Pam Cassiday | Zendy; Lucia C. Pawloski | Zendy; John S. Moran | Zendy; T. Popovic | Zendy; Melinda Wharton | Zendy

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Investigations of 2 Cases of Diphtheria-Like Illness Due to Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans

Author(s) -

Tejpratap Tiwari,

Anne Golaz,

Donghui Yu,

Kris Ehresmann,

Timothy F. Jones,

Hal Hill,

Pam Cassiday,

Lucia C. Pawloski,

John S. Moran,

T. Popovic,

Melinda Wharton

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/525262

Subject(s) - antitoxin , diphtheria , medicine , diphtheria toxin , erythromycin , clindamycin , corynebacterium diphtheriae , microbiology and biotechnology , vaccination , antibiotics , virology , toxin , biology

We present 2 case reports in the United States and investigations of diphtheria-like illness caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans. A fatal case occurred in a 75-year-old male Washington resident who was treated with clindamycin but did not receive equine diphtheria antitoxin. A second, nonfatal case occurred in a 66-year-old female Tennessee resident who received erythromycin and diphtheria antitoxin.

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