Suspected diphtheria in an Uzbek national: isolation of Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum resulted in a false-positive presumptive diagnosis.
Santos
M R
MR
Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, USA.
Gandhi
S
S
Vogler
M
M
Hanna
B A
BA
Holzman
R S
RS
D000328:Adult; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004166:Diphtheria Antitoxin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008297:Male; D014586:USSR
D004166:Diphtheria Antitoxin