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- Title
Bacterial tracheitis caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
- Authors
Berner, R; Leititis, J U; Fürste, H O; Brandis, M
- Abstract
Diphtheria has become a rare disease in Germany. We report on an unimmunized 3.5-year-old German girl with a 7-day history of respiratory distress and fever, presenting a clinical picture mimicking typical bacterial tracheitis without pharyngeal and laryngeal manifestation. Diagnosis of diphtheria was not made until culture of tracheal secretions yielded growth of a toxigenic strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The patient died from toxic cardiac failure despite treatment with diphtheria antitoxin. This is the second reported case of isolated bacterial tracheitis caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
- Publication
European journal of pediatrics, 1997, Vol 156, Issue 3, p207
- ISSN
0340-6199
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s004310050584