[Studies on the diffusion of Corynebacterium diphtheriae carriers in a children's community].
During an epidemiological inquiry in a infantile community it was founded the 22.8% of 83 children was carrier of toxigen C. diphtheriae and two adults on 15 were carriers of non toxigen C. diphtheriae. The isolated species respectively from children and adults were of different phagic type.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D003353:Corynebacterium diphtheriae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy
Indagine sulla diffusione di portatori di "Corynebacterium diphtheriae" in una comunitá infantile