A Rare Case Report of Non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae Bloodstream Infection in an Uncontrolled Diabetic With Peripheral Vascular Disease

Corynebacterium diphtheriae usually causes respiratory diphtheria, which is considered as a disease of toxemia but never bacteremia. Over the last few decades, cutaneous diphtheria has been increasingly reported owing to the emergence of the non-toxigenic strain, which causes locally necrotic and ul...

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Autores principales: Shanmugam, Lakshmi, Priyadarshi, Ketan, Kumaresan, Mahalakshmi, Sivaradjy, Monika, Upadhyay, Praveen, Elamurugan, TP, Sastry, Apurba S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8189935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34123644
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14947

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8189935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34123644
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14947

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