Fatal diphtheria due to understated coryneform bacteria - Corynebacterium argentoratense - in vaccine era

Fatal diphtheria due to understated coryneform bacteria - Corynebacterium argentoratense - in vaccine era

Coryneform bacteria inhabit skin and/or mucous membrane of humans and animals. They have been isolated from the throat of tonsillitis patients. We report here a case of pharyngeal and laryngeal diphtheria with airway compromise, respiratory failure, extensive pneumonia, empyema, myocarditis, and fat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the scientific society (Belgaum) 2019-01, Vol.46 (1), p.23-26
Hauptverfasser: Lakshmi, Poongodi, Ibrahim, Mohamed, Nagoor, Syed, Chellakani, Ravikumar, Thangavelu, Viswanathan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Arrhythmia
Bacteria
Bacterial proteins
Blood
Blood platelets
Cardiac arrhythmia
Contamination
Corynebacterium
corynebacterium argentoratense
Diphtheria
Electrocardiography
Empyema
Heart diseases
Heart rate
Identification
Laboratories
Lymphocytes
Metronidazole
Myocarditis
Nervous system
Neutrophils
Nosocomial infections
Pathogens
Penicillin G
Pharynx
Phosphatase
Pneumonia
Potassium
Skin
Tonsillitis
Urine
vaccine era
Vaccines
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Zusammenfassung:Coryneform bacteria inhabit skin and/or mucous membrane of humans and animals. They have been isolated from the throat of tonsillitis patients. We report here a case of pharyngeal and laryngeal diphtheria with airway compromise, respiratory failure, extensive pneumonia, empyema, myocarditis, and fatal arrhythmia due to Corynebacterium argentoratense.
ISSN:0974-5009
2278-7127
DOI:10.4103/jss.JSS_4_19