A case of toxigenic, pharyngeal diphtheria in Australia.

Author(s)
Grigg, Sarah
Hogan, David
Hosein, F Shaun
Johns, Dean
Jennison, Amy
Subedi, Shradha
Year published
2020
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A 42- year- old woman presented to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Queensland, with a 5- day history of odynophagia, orthopnoea and rapid onset of neck swelling over 12 hours. She had returned one week prior from a year- long trip to Central America, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Relevant past medical history included nephrotic syndrome due to minimal change disease, use of prednisolone 2.5 mg daily and previous treatment with rituximab. Childhood vaccinations were reported, but she had no booster travel vaccinationsA 42- year- old woman presented to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Queensland, with a 5- day history of odynophagia, orthopnoea and rapid onset of neck swelling over 12 hours. She had returned one week prior from a year- long trip to Central America, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Relevant past medical history included nephrotic syndrome due to minimal change disease, use of prednisolone 2.5 mg daily and previous treatment with rituximab. Childhood vaccinations were reported, but she had no booster travel vaccinations
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Journal Title
Medical Journal of Australia
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Subject
Biomedical and clinical sciences
Psychology
Communicable diseases
Disease transmission, infectious
Respiratory tract infections
Travel medicine
Vaccine preventable disease