ACUTE STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS MISDIAGNOSED AS FAUCIAL DIPHTHERIA - A CAUTIONARY LESSON

Authors
BROWN N LAGANI W
Citation
N. Brown et W. Lagani, ACUTE STREPTOCOCCAL PHARYNGITIS MISDIAGNOSED AS FAUCIAL DIPHTHERIA - A CAUTIONARY LESSON, Papua New Guinea medical journal, 36(3), 1993, pp. 246-248
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Tropical Medicine","Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Papua New Guinea medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00311480
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
246 - 248
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-1480(1993)36:3<246:ASPMAF>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A confirmed case of diphtheria has not been reported in Papua New Guin ea for many years, though it should be considered dormant rather than extinct. Thus, most clinicians nowadays are unfamiliar with; the class ical features of the disease. We report a case of streptococcal pharyn gitis which had several features of diphtheria leading to unnecessary and potentially harmful intervention. Some words of caution and variou s recommendations are made.