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Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 50, 15 December 2011
Rapid communications
A case of diphtheria in Sweden, October 2011
H Fredlund (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, T Nor?n<SUP>1</SUP>, T Lepp<SUP>2</SUP>, E Morfeldt<SUP>2</SUP>, B Henriques Normark<SUP>2</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Fredlund H, Nor?n T, Lepp T, Morfeldt E, Henriques Normark B. A case of diphtheria in Sweden, October 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(50)
ii=20038. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20038
Date of submission: 25 November 2011 <HR>In October 2011, a child who had arrived in Sweden from Somalia presented with atypical tonsillitis, was treated with penicillin and the symptoms resolved. A throat swab was positive for toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The child?s family were then vaccinated with diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine and screened for C. diphtheriae. No secondary cases were found. A high level of adherence to childhood vaccination programmes is an effective way to protect populations against diphtheria.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 50, 15 December 2011
Rapid communications
A case of diphtheria in Sweden, October 2011
H Fredlund (
- ?rebro University Hospital, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, ?rebro, Sweden
- Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control (SMI), Solna, Sweden
Citation style for this article: Fredlund H, Nor?n T, Lepp T, Morfeldt E, Henriques Normark B. A case of diphtheria in Sweden, October 2011. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(50)
ii=20038. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20038 Date of submission: 25 November 2011 <HR>In October 2011, a child who had arrived in Sweden from Somalia presented with atypical tonsillitis, was treated with penicillin and the symptoms resolved. A throat swab was positive for toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The child?s family were then vaccinated with diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine and screened for C. diphtheriae. No secondary cases were found. A high level of adherence to childhood vaccination programmes is an effective way to protect populations against diphtheria.