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Exudative pharyngitis possibly due to Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, a new challenge in the differential diagnosis of diphtheria.

Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum has rarely been reported to cause disease in humans, despite its common presence in the flora of the upper respiratory tract. We report here a case of exudative pharyngitis with pseudomembrane possibly caused by C. pseudodiphtheriticum in a 4-year-old girl. The c...

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Autores principales: Izurieta, H S, Strebel, P M, Youngblood, T, Hollis, D G, Popovic, T
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9126447