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Section XXIII Infectious Diseases
315 DIPHTHERIA AND OTHER CORYNEBACTERIA INFECTIONS
Roland W. Sutter • |
SUGGESTED READINGS
Efstratiou A, Engler KH, Mazurova IK, et al: Current approaches to the laboratory diagnosis of diphtheria. J Infect Dis 181 Suppl 1:2000, S138–S145. A review of the diagnostic options
Marston CK, Jamieson F, Cahoon F, et al: Persistence of a distinct Corynebacterium diphtheriae clonal group within two communities in the United States and Canada where diphtheria is endemic. J Clin Microbiol 2001;39:1586–1590. Evidence for persistence of endemic transmission of C. diphtheriae over 2 decades in Native American communities in the United States and Canada
Vitek CR: Diphtheria. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2006;304:71–94. A comprehensive review
Wharton M, Dittman S, Strebel PM, et al (eds): Control of epidemic diphtheria in the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union, 1990–1998. J Infect Dis 181 Suppl. 1:2000, S1 S248 Diphtheria outbreaks (and control measures) in newly independent states are summarized in detail, as well as findings of research studies to understand the reasons for these outbreaks
