Polineuritis difterica en los tropicos
Ortega, L.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 40(12): 351-360
1948
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 Document Number: 700102
The author states that diphtheria is not rare in the tropics, but is less common and more benign than in the temperate zones. Corynebacterium diphtheriae may cause polyneuritis which may be misdiagnosed as poliomyelitis, meningitis or encephalomyelitis.