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Diphtheria antitoxin treatment: from pioneer to neglected. [PDF]
Mem Inst Oswaldo CruzInternational audienceDiphtheria, a severe respiratory infection, was a major killer of children until the early years of the 20th century. Although diphtheria is now largely controlled globally thanks to vaccination, it is still endemic in some world ...
Grandière Pérez L, Brisse S.
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Diphtheria in Children- Clinical Profile of Cases during an Outbreak in Kerala, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Introduction: Diphtheria is an acute potentially fatal infectious disease caused by the toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Acute respiratory obstruction, toxic myocarditis and neurologic weakness are the most important complications of ...
Thekkile Gangadharan Sindhu +4 more
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Fetal case of diphtheria reported to CDC emergency operations
International Journal of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2020 Unreported cases of diphtheria are still present in developing countries. A 9-year-old incompletely vaccinated girl was admitted with pharyngotonsillitis caused by diphtheria. On day 9 of her illness, renal and cardiac failure occurred.
Saeed Attom, Omar Alzomor
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Effect of acupuncture therapy on vaccine-induced immune response in d-galactose-induced aging rats
Heliyon, 2023 Objective: This study aimed to explore whether acupuncture and moxibustion can enhance the immune response by increasing the expression of the endogenous adjuvant HSP70 mRNA.
Jia Li +4 more
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Hepatitis B Virus, Pneumococcal, Diphtheria, and Tetanus Vaccination Responses in Compensated Cirrhosis. [PDF]
Liver IntABSTRACT Background and Aims Cirrhosis favours infections that can lead to liver decompensation and death. Some of these infections can be prevented by vaccination. This study aimed to evaluate the immune response after HBV, pneumococcal, diphtheria, and tetanus vaccination in cirrhotic patients.
Haghnejad V +10 more
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Cutaneous diphtheria complicated oncologic reconstruction surgery in osteosarcoma
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Diphtheria is an uncommon bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract. We described a surgical site infection in a young adolescent female on maintenance chemotherapy.
Babak Abdolkarimi +2 more
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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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Novel Corynebacterium diphtheriae in domestic cats [PDF]
, 2010 Novel nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae was isolated from a domestic cat with severe otitis. Contact investigation and carrier study of human and animal contacts yielded 3 additional, identical isolates from cats, although no evidence of zoonotic ...
Hans P. Hinrikson +29 more
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