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A Case of Diphtheria

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Diphtheria is a nearly eradicated disease in Sri Lanka. After introduction of EPI vaccination program in 1978 childhood diphtheria has been eradicated.
Rohitha Jayamaha
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Computational design of novel diphtheria toxin inhibitors using natural products-based drug discovery

The Microbe
Background of study: Diphtheria, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, is still a major global health concern, especially in resource-limited settings.
Adedoyin John-Joy Owolade, Damilola Bodun, Elijah Orimisan Akinbi, Samson Ayorinde Oni, Jeremiah Oluwamayowa Omojuyigbe, Taiwo Waris Olatunji, Ani Chibuike Sylvanus, Ayodele Emmanuel Oke   +7 more
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Detecting diphtheria is not enough: the missing toxigenicity link in outbreak surveillance

Tropical Medicine and Health
Diphtheria surveillance in resource-limited settings may stop at clinical diagnosis, organism identification, or molecular detection of the diphtheria toxin gene, although these findings do not provide the same information.
Khalid Hussein Ulusow, Abdimalik Ahmed Bashir, Iqra Abdirazak Kabayare, Maaida Cabdullaahi Ahmed, Abdihamid Hirsi Abdulle   +4 more
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Characterization of a transgenic mouse model of chronic conditional platelet depletion

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2019
Background Platelets are widely recognized for their role in maintaining hemostasis. Recently, platelets have become appreciated for their varying roles in immunity, neuroprotection, and other physiological processes.
Leah M. Wuescher, Sharmeen Nishat, Randall G. Worth   +2 more
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Late Presentation of Post Diphtheritic Myocarditis in a 15-year male

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2017
A 15-year old male patient presented to us with dyspnoea for four days. He had a history of fever, pseudo-membranous tonsillitis and cervical adenopathy twenty-five days prior to the presentation.
Kutty Sharada Vinod, Nitin Gupta, Harsh Sahu, Naveet Wig   +3 more
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Past and Present Vaccinations in Sweden

Acta Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 11, Page 2505-2510, November 2026.
Sven Arne Silfverdal
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Design and Production of Recombinant TAT Protein Structure, Catalytic Domain of Diphtheria Toxin, and Evaluation of Its Effect on Cell Line

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum, 2019
Background and Objectives: Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases in the present age and its conventional therapies have had low success. Toxin therapy of cancer is a new therapeutic approach, which has attracted the attention of pharmaceutical ...
Mohaddeseh Parvand, Fahimeh Nemati Mansour, Jafar Amani   +2 more
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Severe faucial diphtheria with myocarditis: a case report

Zdorovʹe Rebenka
Background. Diphtheria is a potentially fatal contagious disease caused by toxigenic strains, characterized by inflammation of the upper respiratory tract mucosa, and may further generate toxicity in the myocardium and peripheral nerve.
Gabriella Tandipayuk, Seruni Estari, Dominicus Husada, Leny Kartina, Dwiyanti Puspitasari   +4 more
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Properties of the left ventricular myocardium structure in experimental acute diphtheria intoxication

RUDN Journal of Medicine, 2014
Diphtheria is considered to be vaccine-preventable disease due to organized immunization programmes. However there are still endemic regions of diphtheria, whence reports of mortal cases are coming.
A Ju Korshunova, M L Blagonravov, V A Frolov, M M Azova   +3 more
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Histidine Protonation and Conformational Switching in Diphtheria Toxin Translocation Domain. [PDF]

Toxins (Basel), 2023
Rodnin MV, Vasques-Montes V, Kyrychenko A, Oliveira NFB, Kashipathy MM, Battaile KP, Douglas J, Lovell S, Machuqueiro M, Ladokhin AS.   +9 more
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