Eurosurveillance
Volume 19, Issue 26, 2014

Letter to the editor: Cutaneous diphtheria in a migrant from an endemic country in East Africa, Austria May 2014 (Letter) (Open Access)

Huhulescu S. , Hirk S. , Zeinzinger V. , Hasenberger P. , Skvara H. , Müllegger R. , Allerberger F. , Indra A.
  • a Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Institute for Hygiene and medical Microbiology, Diphtheria-Reference Laboratory, Vienna, Austria
  • b Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Institute for Hygiene and medical Microbiology, Diphtheria-Reference Laboratory, Vienna, Austria
  • c Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Institute for Hygiene and medical Microbiology, Diphtheria-Reference Laboratory, Vienna, Austria
  • d Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Institute for Hygiene and medical Microbiology, Diphtheria-Reference Laboratory, Vienna, Austria
  • e Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Department of Dermatology, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
  • f Landesklinikum Wiener Neustadt, Department of Dermatology, Wiener Neustadt, Austria
  • g Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Institute for Hygiene and medical Microbiology, Diphtheria-Reference Laboratory, Vienna, Austria
  • h Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Institute for Hygiene and medical Microbiology, Diphtheria-Reference Laboratory, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

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Index Keywords

Drugs, Essential Letter epsilometer test risk human minimum inhibitory concentration Austria Humans male case report Staphylococcus aureus Africa sultamicillin leg ulcer Diphtheria Antitoxin neutrophil count skin injury leukocyte count Streptococcus dysgalactiae equisimilis penicillin G Biological Products penicillin resistance Streptococcus infection Corynebacterium diphtheriae C reactive protein endemic disease world health organization diphtheria antibody diphtheria health care availability
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84903752357&doi=10.2807%2f1560-7917.ES2014.19.26.20845&partnerID=40&md5=c8b04b1795d95a26dbff6e4679e60ae1
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.26.20845
ISSN: 1025496X
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English