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BACKGROUND: Despite the availability of antitoxin and antibiotics, the mortality rate for diphtheria remains high, mostly because of cardiac complications. METHODS: During 1 year, 154 Vietnamese children with diphtheria admitted to a referral hospital were studied prospectively with clinical examination, including a simple pseudomembrane score, 12-lead and 24-hour electrocardiography, measurement of serum cardiac enzyme levels, and estimation of troponin T levels. RESULTS: Thirteen children ...
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- 10.1086/425305
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- Journal:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Volume:
- 39
- Issue:
- 11
- Pages:
- 1591-1598
- Publication date:
- 2004-12-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1537-6591
- ISSN:
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1058-4838
- URN:
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uuid:c7174e5c-a3bc-41d0-a5b5-fbf5e5aca7ae
- Source identifiers:
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39397
- Local pid:
- pubs:39397
- Language:
- English
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- Copyright date:
- 2004
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Clinical features and predictors of diphtheritic cardiomyopathy in Vietnamese children.
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