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Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against diphtheria antitoxin among migrant workers in Singapore, 2016–2019 [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Since the last local case of diphtheria in 1992, there had not been any case in Singapore until an autochthonous case was reported in 2017.
Li Wei Ang, Qi Gao, Lin Cui, Aysha Farwin, Matthias Paul Han Sim Toh, Irving Charles Boudville, Mark I-Cheng Chen, Angela Chow, Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin, Vernon Jian Ming Lee, Yee Sin Leo   +10 more
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Postbooster Antibodies from Humans as Source of Diphtheria Antitoxin [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Diphtheria antitoxin for therapeutic use is in limited supply. A potential source might be affinity-purified antibodies originally derived from plasma of adults who received a booster dose of a vaccine containing diphtheria toxoid. These antibodies might
Jesús F. Bermejo-Martin, Ana Avila-Alonso, Milagros González-Rivera, Eduardo Tamayo, Jose María Eiros, Raquel Almansa   +5 more
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A complex case of diphtheria in a pediatric patient: complications of renal failure and myocarditis [PDF]

International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Diphtheria remains a life-threatening infectious disease in low- and middle-income countries, particularly where immunization coverage is incomplete.
Abdullahi Ahmed Ahmed, Nasteha Mohamad Sheikh Omar, Ahmed Elmi Abdi, Idil Hirsi Ali, Farah Ali Ahmed   +4 more
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Clinical features, prognosis, and treatment outcomes of diphtheria in children: a retrospective cohort study at children’s hospital, Sukkur [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Diphtheria remains a major pediatric health threat in under-resourced settings, particularly in populations with low immunization coverage. Despite being vaccine-preventable, outbreaks continue to occur in Pakistan due to delayed recognition ...
Waqar Ahmed, Fareeda Bhanbhro, Fatima Memon, Sheeraz Ahmed, Sajid Ali, Israr Ahmed, Muhammad Zubair, Sanam Dayo, Arbab Ali   +8 more
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Diphtheria outbreak in Somalia: a weekly sitrep on the recent health crisis-2025 [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Health
The global diphtheria incidence has fallen following widespread use of the diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis (DTP) vaccine; pockets of low coverage and disrupted health services continue to fuel outbreaks.
Saadaq Adan Hussein, Marian Muse Osman, Mohamed Mohamoud Hassan, Yahye Sheikh Abdulle Hassan, Abdirahman Aden Hussein, Rage Adem, Mohamed M. Ali Fuje, Ayan Nur Ali, Abdinur Hussein Mohamed, Khadar Hussein Mohamud, Abdirahman Moallim Ibrahim, Mohamed Farah Yusuf, Abdinur Adan Hussein, Abdullahi Mohamed Mohamud, AbdulJalil Abdullahi Ali   +14 more
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Clinical presentation and predictors of hospital mortality of diphtheria in Nigeria, July 2023 to April 2024: a single-center study [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Despite recurrent outbreaks of diphtheria in Nigeria, there is a lack of in-depth analysis of hospitalization outcomes. Herein, we describe the sociodemographic, clinical, and laboratory features associated with hospitalization outcomes ...
Abdurrazzaq Alege, Olayinka Rasheed Ibrahim, Rasheedat Mobolaji Ibraheem, Olajide Aladesua, Abubakar Sani Lugga, Yunusa Yusuf Yahaya, Abdallah Sanda, Bello Muhammed Suleiman   +7 more
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A population-level analysis of armed conflict and diphtheria at the subnational level in the WHO African Region 2017–2024 [PDF]

BMC Global and Public Health
Background Diphtheria has been re-emerging around the world at alarming rates, raising concerns about emergency preparedness, especially when global supplies of life-saving diphtheria antitoxin are insufficient.
Tierney O’Sullivan, Lindsay T. Keegan
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Passive Immunisation in the Treatment of Infectious Diseases Related to Highly Potent Bacterial Toxins [PDF]

Biomedicines
The discovery of microbial toxins as the primary factors responsible for disease manifestations and the discovery that these toxins could be neutralised by antitoxins are linked to the birth of immunology. In the late 19th century, the serum or plasma of
Marta Prygiel, Ewa Mosiej, Karol Wdowiak, Aleksandra Anna Zasada   +3 more
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Rare manifestations of cutaneous diphtheria: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background This case report presents an exceptionally rare and atypical presentation of diphtheria in a 17-year-old female of Hausa ethnicity residing in an area with an elevated incidence within Kano State, Nigeria.
Salma Ali Suwaid, Aliyu Mustapha, Monika Ried, Ruqayyah Ali Muhammad, Aminu Shehu Liman, Salma Yusuf   +5 more
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Toxin-Producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans in Belgium [PDF]

Antibiotics
Background/Objectives: Despite a significant reduction in diphtheria incidence and mortality due to vaccination, antitoxin therapy and antibiotic treatments, a concerning resurgence is occurring in Europe.
Zan Janssen, Helena Martini, Robin Vanstokstraeten, Kristof Vandoorslaer, Ingrid Wybo, Eveline Van Honacker, Denis Piérard   +6 more
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