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Corynebacterium haemolyticum infections in Sri Lanka

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

R. S. B. Wickremesinghe
R. S. B. Wickremesinghe
Affiliation:
Consultant Microbiologist, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Corynebacterium haemolyticum infections are described for the first time in Sri Lanka. In a period of 2 years from 1978–80 C. haemolyticum was isolated from the pharynx of 9 patients with tonsillitis and from local septic lesions in 7 other patients. Association with other pathogens was common. No patients had a rash. The properties of the isolates are described.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , October 1981 , pp. 271 - 276
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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