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  • Title: Laryngopharyngitis by Corynebacterium ulcerans.
    Author: Kaufmann D, Ott P, Ruegg C.
    Journal: Infection; 2002 Jun; 30(3):168-70. PubMed ID: 12120945.
    Abstract:
    A 71-year-old female patient was hospitalized with membranous laryngopharyngitis typical of classical diphtheria. A toxigenic strain of Corynebacterium ulcerans was isolated from the throat. The patient was treated for 6 days with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and recovered without complications. This second reported case of diphtheric laryngopharyngitis caused by C. ulcerans in Switzerland is a reminder that C. ulcerans should be included as a possible agent in patients with classical diphtheria symptoms.
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