Laryngopharyngitis by Corynebacterium ulcerans.

Kaufmann D; Ott P; Ruegg C

doi:10.1007/s15010-002-3030-0

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Laryngopharyngitis by Corynebacterium ulcerans.

Kaufmann D Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland.
Ott P
Ruegg C

2002-07-18

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Infection. - 2002

English 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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