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- Title
Conjunctivitis Caused by Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans -- Missouri, 2018.
- Authors
Weil, Lauren M.; Butler, Cindy; Howell, Karla R.; Sharr, Sarah; Paley, Grace L.; Huang, Andrew J. W.; Maamari, Robi N.; Pawloski, Lucia C.; Cassiday, Pamela K.; Acosta, Anna M.; Hariri, Susan; Tiwari, Tejpratap S. P.
- Abstract
The article present a case report of a 73 years old man with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, was evaluated by an ophthalmologist for left eyelid redness, swelling, and eye discharge and received a diagnosis of ligneous conjunctivitis; and mentions Toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae are transmitted person-to-person and cause respiratory and cutaneous diphtheria.
- Subjects
MISSOURI; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIPHTHERIA toxin
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2019, Vol 68, Issue 27, p615
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15585/mmwr.mm6827a3