| incidence of cutaneous diphtheria in bangladesh. | corynebacterium diphtheriae (c. diphtheriae) was isolated from 23 (7%) skin ulcers out of 327 cases studied. eight (33%) of the 23 positive cases belonged to the age group of 6 to 10 years. of the 19 strains of c. diphtheriae typed, 18 (95%) were gravis and of which 14 (77%) were toxigenic. more than 90% of the c. diphtheriae positive ulcer cases had serum anti-toxin level at or above the protective level as against 49% of control. no diphtheria bacilli were isolated from throat of any of the sk ... | 1983 | 6426456 |