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Multidisciplinary approach to the management of a case of classical respiratory diphtheria requiring percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding
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- Published on: 7 August 2018
- Published on: 7 August 2018Letter to the Author: response to "Multidisciplinary approach to the management of a case of classical respiratory diphtheria requiring percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding"Show More
Dear Editor,
We read with interest the work by Haywood et al.[1] dealing with the treatment of a 67 years old Caucasian woman with a 4-day history of sore throat, dysphagia, fever and nasal blockage. During the examination it was revealed a swollen neck and pharyngeal pseudomembranes, positive on culture for Corynebacterium ulcerans after a throat swab, with toxin expression confirmed on PCR and Elek testing. T...
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