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A 9-year-old boy with severe diphtherial infection and cardiac complications

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The incidence of diphtheria has decreased since the introduction of an effective vaccine. However, in countries with low vaccination rates it has now become a reemerging disease. Complications from diphtheria commonly include upper airway obstruction and cardiac complications. We present a 9-year-old boy who was diagnosed with diphtheria. He presented with fever, tonsilar plaques, respiratory failure and an incomplete vaccination history. He was endotracheal intubated and
received diphtheria antitoxin and penicillin on the first day of hospitalisation

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English

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Anti Infectives

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BMJ Case Rep 2014

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