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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) <15 years of age (mean age 5.2 years, case-fatality rate 53%, and 1 additional case-patient...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810918/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23965520 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1909.130117 |