The Pan African Medical Journal (Dec 2018)

The outbreak of diphtheria in Indonesia

  • Ramadhan Tosepu,
  • Joko Gunawan,
  • Devi Savitri Effendy,
  • La Ode Ali Imran Ahmad,
  • Amrin Farzan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.31.249.16629
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 249

Abstract

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Diptheria is commonly caused by the aerobic gram-positive bacteria, corynebacterium diphtheria. We herein report an unusual case of diphtheria outbreak in Indonesia in 2017 and its possible causes and current management.

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