Abstract
A SEVERE form of diphtheria, characterized by a high degree of toxæmia and with an apparently haphazard distribution in time and place, has been prevalent during the past fifteen years in Great Britain and in other European countries. The toxæmia in patients with this form of the disease has seemed to be resistant to the curative action of diphtheria antitoxin.
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PETRIE, G. The Problem of Hypertoxic Diphtheria. Nature 147, 182–183 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147182a0
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