title: Suspected diphtheria in an Uzbek national: isolation of Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum resulted in a false-positive presumptive diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vogler
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Holzman
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004166:Diphtheria Antitoxin