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Severe diphtheria with neurologic and myocardial involvement in a Swedish patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: Diphtheria is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Although waning in incidence diphtheria can cause severe disease as in this rare Swedish case with several complications. CASE PRESENTATION: A 55-year old male presented to the emergency room with severe respiratory symptoms and greyis...

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Autores principales: Skogmar, Sten, Tham, Johan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6069954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30064365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3264-9