Respiratory Illness Caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans, and Use of Diphtheria Antitoxin in the United States, 1996-2018.
John O OtshudiemaAnna M AcostaPamela K CassidayStephen C HadlerSusan HaririTejpratap S P TiwariPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Respiratory diphtheria remains rare in the United States, and requests for DAT have declined. Incidental identification of C. ulcerans-related diphtheria-like illness suggests surveillance of this condition might be warranted.
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