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| Title |
Severe diphtheria with neurologic and myocardial involvement in a Swedish patient: a case report
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12879-018-3264-9 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sten Skogmar, Johan Tham |
| Abstract |
Diphtheria is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Although waning in incidence diphtheria can cause severe disease as in this rare Swedish case with several complications. A 55-year old male presented to the emergency room with severe respiratory symptoms and greyish membranes in the airways, which turned positive for C. diphtheriae. He was put on ventilator support and remained hospitalized for three months. During care he developed myocarditis and severe neurological disease and he was also co-infected with tuberculosis. The patient was discharged with a favorable outcome. Diphtheria should be suspected in patients with life-threatening pneumonia especially if the patient has a history of travelling. Our patient was not treated with diphtheria anti-toxin (DAT) which may have contributed to the severity of the disease. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 41 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 41 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 10% |
| Researcher | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 24% |
| Unknown | 17 | 41% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 34% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 2 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 5% |
| Unknown | 16 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 October 2018.
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#4,048,402
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#1,294
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#77,821
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#32
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