A case of toxigenic, pharyngeal diphtheria in Australia

Med J Aust. 2020 Jul;213(2):64-65.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50566. Epub 2020 Mar 30.
No abstract available

Keywords: Communicable diseases; Disease transmission, infectious; Respiratory tract infections; Travel medicine; Vaccine preventable disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Contact Tracing*
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae / isolation & purification
  • Diphtheria / diagnosis*
  • Diphtheria / drug therapy
  • Diphtheria Antitoxin / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pharyngitis / diagnosis*
  • Pharyngitis / drug therapy
  • Pharyngitis / microbiology
  • Queensland
  • Travel

Substances

  • Diphtheria Antitoxin