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Corynebacterium haemolyticum infections in Cambridgeshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

H. W. K. Fell ,
J. Nagington ,
G. R. E. Naylor  and
R. J. Olds
H. W. K. Fell
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory Service, Cambridge, CB2 2QW
J. Nagington
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory Service, Cambridge, CB2 2QW
G. R. E. Naylor
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory Service, Cambridge, CB2 2QW
R. J. Olds
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, CB2 1QP
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In the Cambridge area, 143 patients infected with Corynebacterium haemolyticum were found during the period May 1967 to December 1974. The pharynx was the commonest site of infection and 100 of the 137 pharyngeal infections were in patients aged between 15 and 25 years. Such patients usually had a sore throat; about half of them also had a maculopapular rash. The organism and the clinical features which we have come to regard as typical of this infection are briefly described.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 79 , Issue 2 , October 1977 , pp. 269 - 274
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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