Respiratory diphtheria in an asylum seeker from Afghanistan arriving to Finland via Sweden, December 2015.

Sane, Jussi

Respiratory diphtheria in an asylum seeker from Afghanistan arriving to Finland via Sweden, December 2015. [electronic resource] - Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 2016

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

1560-7917

10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.2.30105 doi


Administration, Intravenous
Administration, Oral
Adolescent
Afghanistan
Anti-Bacterial Agents--therapeutic use
Cefuroxime--therapeutic use
Corynebacterium Infections--diagnosis
Corynebacterium diphtheriae--genetics
Diphtheria--diagnosis
Diphtheria Antitoxin--genetics
Finland
Humans
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Refugees
Roxithromycin--therapeutic use
Sweden
Travel
Treatment Outcome