The outbreak of diphtheria in Indonesia

Diptheria is commonly caused by the aerobic gram-positive bacteria, corynebacterium diphtheria. We herein report an unusual case of diphtheria outbreak in Indonesia in 2017 and its possible causes and current management.

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Autores principales: Tosepu, Ramadhan, Gunawan, Joko, Effendy, Devi Savitri, Ahmad, La Ode Ali Imran, Farzan, Amrin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
Materias:
Letter to the Editors
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31448005
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.31.249.16629
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author Tosepu, Ramadhan
Gunawan, Joko
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Farzan, Amrin
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spelling pubmed-66913142019-08-23 The outbreak of diphtheria in Indonesia Tosepu, Ramadhan Gunawan, Joko Effendy, Devi Savitri Ahmad, La Ode Ali Imran Farzan, Amrin Pan Afr Med J Letter to the Editors Diptheria is commonly caused by the aerobic gram-positive bacteria, corynebacterium diphtheria. We herein report an unusual case of diphtheria outbreak in Indonesia in 2017 and its possible causes and current management. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6691314/ /pubmed/31448005 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.31.249.16629 Text en © Ramadhan Tosepu et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Effendy, Devi Savitri
Ahmad, La Ode Ali Imran
Farzan, Amrin
The outbreak of diphtheria in Indonesia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691314/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.31.249.16629
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