A fatal case of diphtheria

N Goutas; S Simopoulou; K Papazoglou; E Agapitos

doi:10.3109/15513819409024269

A fatal case of diphtheria

Pediatr Pathol. 1994 May-Jun;14(3):391-5. doi: 10.3109/15513819409024269.

Authors

N Goutas¹, S Simopoulou, K Papazoglou, E Agapitos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, Athens University, Greece.

PMID: 8065997
DOI: 10.3109/15513819409024269

Abstract

A fatal case of diphtheria occurred in a nonimmunized child. The child died because of the late diagnosis of the disease, which is now extremely rare.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Corynebacterium diphtheriae / isolation & purification
Diphtheria / microbiology
Diphtheria / pathology*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Larynx / pathology
Lung / pathology
Myocardium / pathology
Trachea / pathology