A Case of diphtheria in New Zealand
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Corynebacterium diphtheriaeAbstract
The New Zealand Ministry of Health has advised the National Centre for Disease Control of a case in Auckland in which toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae was isolated from the throat of a 32 month old unimmunised child.
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