Detection of diphtheritic polyneuropathy by acute flaccid paralysis surveillance, India

Detection of diphtheritic polyneuropathy by acute flaccid paralysis surveillance, India

Diphtheritic polyneuropathy is a vaccine-preventable illness caused by exotoxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. We present a retrospective convenience case series of 15 children (6 girls)

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2013-09, Vol.19 (9), p.1368-1373
Hauptverfasser: Mateen, Farrah J, Bahl, Sunil, Khera, Ajay, Sutter, Roland W
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Diagnosis
Diphtheria
Diphtheria - complications
Diphtheria - epidemiology
diphtheritic polyneuropathy
Female
Guillain-Barré syndrome
Health surveys
Humans
immunization
India - epidemiology
Male
neurology
Paralysis
Paralysis - diagnosis
Paralysis - epidemiology
Paralysis - etiology
Polyneuropathies
Polyneuropathies - diagnosis
Polyneuropathies - epidemiology
Polyneuropathies - etiology
Public Health Surveillance
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Zusammenfassung:Diphtheritic polyneuropathy is a vaccine-preventable illness caused by exotoxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. We present a retrospective convenience case series of 15 children (6 girls)
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1909.130117