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Pharyngeal and cutaneous diphtheria: a tail of a refugee

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  1. Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Valentina Galfo, Niccolò Riccardi & Marco Falcone

  2. Microbiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

    Alessandro Leonildi & Simona Barnini

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Galfo, V., Riccardi, N., Leonildi, A. et al. Pharyngeal and cutaneous diphtheria: a tail of a refugee. Infection 51, 1599–1600 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-023-01990-4

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