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A clinical profile of severe diphtheria in pediatric intensive care units of North India: A single-center, prospective observational study

Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2022
Background: Myocarditis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and renal failure have been reported to be the leading causes of mortality in patients of severe diphtheria.
Rahul Jaiswal, Atul Kumar, Sandhya Chauhan   +2 more
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Adult cutaneous diphtheria in Poland – a case report and literature overview

Annales Academiae Medicae Silesiensis, 2023
Corynebacterium diphtheriae (C. diphtheriae) is the primary pathogen causing diphtheria, which basically exists in two forms: nasopharyngeal and cutaneous. According to a commonly introduced vaccination programme against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus
Jakub Fick, Magda Bichalska-Lach, Bartosz Bichalski, Marek Rudzki, Dariusz Waniczek   +4 more
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THE MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF DIPHTHERIA CASES IN SURABAYA (2017-2018)

Jurnal Biometrika dan Kependudukan, 2021
Diphtheria is an acute disease that attacks the airways and causes deaths. The risk factors for diphtheria are low Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus (DPT) immunization coverage and an unhealthy home environment.
Adelita Setiawan, Lucia Yovita Hendrati, Yudied Agung Mirasa   +2 more
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Risk factors for diphtheria outbreak in children aged 1-10 years in East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2018
Background: Diphtheria remains a health problem, especially in developing countries. In November 2017, the Indonesian Ministry of Health stated that there was a diphtheria outbreak in Indonesia.
Iwan Muhamad Ramdan, Rahmi Susanti, Riza Hayati Ifroh, Reny Noviasty   +3 more
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The Influence of Immunization and Population Density to Diphtheria’s Prevalence

Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2018
Background: The south-east Asia region had contributed the highest cases of diphtheria in the worldwide, and Indonesia had the second highest insidence of diphtheria in the worldwide after India.
Dwi Elsa Mardiana
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Determination of diphtheria risk indicators based on the study of antidiphtheria immunity in the population of Dnipropetrovsk region

Aktualʹnaâ Infektologiâ, 2021
Background. Vaccination is the most effective part of primary prevention. Serological monitoring of infectious diseases covered by national immunization programs is very important as it provides up-to-date information on the burden of the infection and ...
І.V. Budaieva, H.О. Revenko, V.V. Маvrutenkov, О.P. Shtepa, V.H. Rezvykh, О.V. Kuzmenko, I.P. Belova   +6 more
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Corynebacterium silvaticum in a game-handling butcher: A new zoonotic pathogen of human infections

IDCases
The recently described Corynebacterium (C.) silvaticum is a diphtheria toxin (tox-) gene bearing species so far mainly found in wild boar and deers. Due to its close relationship to C. ulcerans a zoonotic potential has been proposed.
Andreas Sing, Alexandra Dangel, Vyacheslav G. Melnikov, Hildegard Angermeier, Katja Bengs, Robert B. Brauer, Anja Berger   +6 more
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Prevalence of Risk Factors for Diphtheria: CLTS and DPT-HB-HIB3 Immunization Coverage in East Java (Periode 2018-2020)

Jurnal Kesehatan Lingkungan, 2022
Introduction: Diphtheria is an acute disease that is transmitted through air, saliva, and direct contact with patients. In the Community Lead Total Sanitation (CLTS) targets, air quality in the house is an indicator leading to diphtheria incidence as its
Niken Istania Nuryanti, Lucia Yovieta Hendrati   +1 more
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RECOMMENDATION OF DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN TO DIFFERENT SUSPECTS DURING THE DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAKS,LUMAJANG DISTRICT IN 2018

The Indonesian Journal of Public Health, 2020
The number of diphtheria suspects in Lumajang district was the second highest in East Java province during the diphtheria outbreaks in 2018. The number of diphtheria cases was more than 500% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Munif Arifin
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Up-to-date MALDI-TOF MS-based identification of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex for improved diagnostics

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
The Corynebacterium (C.) diphtheriae species complex (CdSC) comprises the closely related pathogenic species C. diphtheriae, C. belfantii, C. rouxii, C. ulcerans, C. silvaticum, C. ramonii, and C.
Jörg Rau, Anja Berger, Alexandra Dangel, Martin Dyk, Tobias Eisenberg, Ekkehard Hiller, Christiane Hoffmann, Peter Kutzer, An Martel, Andreas Sing, Reinhard Sting   +10 more
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