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| | DIPHTHERIA - LoveToKnow Article on DIPHTHERIA |
 | | In the case of several other zymotic diseases much has been done by way of prevention, little or nothing for treatment; in the case of diphtheria prevention has failed, but treatment, has been revolutionized by the introduction of antitoxin, which constitutes the most important contribution to practical medicine as yet made by bacteriology. | | | The natural history of the organism outside the body is not well understood, but there is some reason to believe that it lives in a dormant~ condition in suitable soils. | | | But this by no means disposes of the importance of school influence, as the younger children at home may be infected by older ones, who have picked up the contagion at school, but, being less susceptible, are less severely affected and exhibit no worse symptoms than a sore throat. |
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| | Diphtheria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For this discovery and his development of a serum therapy for diphtheria, he won the first Nobel Prize in Medicine. | | | A milder form of diphtheria can be limited to the skin. | | | Patients with allergies to penicillin G or erythromycin can use rifampin or clindamycin. |
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| | Diphtheria |
| | Diphtheria patients who develop myocarditis may be treated with oxygen and with medications to prevent irregular heart rhythms. | | | Diphtheria patients need bed rest with intensive nursing care, including extra fluids, oxygenation, and monitoring for possible heart problems, airway blockage, or involvement of the nervous system. | | | Universal immunization is the most effective means of preventing diphtheria. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/diphtheria.jsp
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| | Diphtheria Facts |
| | Diphtheria is re-emerging in some areas of the world where immunization practices are lax. | | | The increases have generally been the result of failed public health and immunization programs in areas weakened by economic and social turmoil. | | | People also get diphtheria from close contact with discharges from an infected person's mouth, nose, throat, or skin. |
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http://www.astdhpphe.org/infect/dip.html
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| | eMedicine - Diphtheria : Article by Cem S Demirci, MD |
| | Cardiac involvement is thought to be responsible for 50-60% of deaths associated with diphtheria. | | | This form of diphtheria is most common in infants. | | | Swallowing may be made difficult by unilateral or bilateral paralysis of the muscles of the palate. |
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| | The diphtheria vaccine is very effective at preventing diphtheria. | | | The antitoxin neutralizes the diphtheria toxin already circulating in your body. | | | Once you recover from diphtheria, you'll need a full course of diphtheria vaccine to prevent a recurrence. |
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| | Diphtheria - DrGreene.com |
| | On the skin, diphtheria usually begins with blisters that turn to painful open sores that then form a membrane. | | | If diphtheria is suspected, it can be cultured from the nose, throat, skin, or genitals. | | | Soon, the nasal discharge turns to a foul-smelling pus that can erode the skin of the nose and upper lip. |
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| | Facts About Diphtheria For Adults |
| | Another presentation of diphtheria can be skin lesions that may be painful, red and swollen. | | | Diphtheria is transmitted to others through close contact with discharges from an infected person's nose, throat, eyes and/or skin lesions. | | | People carrying diphtheria germs are contagious for up to 4 weeks without antibiotic therapy, even if they themselves do not develop symptoms. |
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http://www.nfid.org/factsheets/diphtadult.html
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| | ARTL: Diphtheria |
| | The whole of bacteriological theory and practice is closely tied up with commercial interests. | | | Czerny at the Association for Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in Berlin also casts a revealing light on the question of diphtheria inoculation: 'All doctors have been dragged into diphtheria inoculation, because a pressure was applied which was almost a compulsion'." | | | "The much-praised serum treatment for diphtheria does not even enjoy the general approval of the doctors in the hospital in our Capital city. |
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| | NJDHSS, Communicable Disease Service: Diphtheria |
| | Symptoms of diphtheria associated with the outer skin are usually painful, swollen, and reddened skin lesions. | | | Rarely it can occur from contact with skin lesions or soiled articles with discharges from infected persons. | | | Diphtheria is an acute, sometimes fatal, disease caused by a bacillus. |
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http://www.state.nj.us/health/cd/f_diphth.htm
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| | Diphtheria |
| | Specific treatment for diphtheria will be determined by your child's physician based on: | | | However, it can also enter through a break in the skin. | | | The symptoms of diphtheria may resemble other problems or medical conditions. |
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http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/peds_infectious/dphthria.cfm
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Diphtheria |
| | This information can make you aware if diphtheria is present in your area. | | | Calling your health care provider Return to top | | | If toxin enters the bloodstream, the patient may develop inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis), which is the most common and most worrisome complication. |
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| | Facts about diphtheria |
| | In these circumstances the diphtheria vaccine is normally part of a triple vaccine of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, although the pertussis part of the vaccine may be omitted. | | | A diphtheria-like illness is sometimes caused by another toxin-producing bacterium Corynebacterium ulcerans. | | | If C. diphtheriae is isolated then the bacterium will be tested to see whether or not it produces toxin as this will determine how the patient's illness is likely to progress and how much at risk are the patient's close contacts. |
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http://www.amm.co.uk/newamm/files/factsabout/fa_dipht.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - Diphtheria |
| | The Schick test, used to determine whether an individual is immune or susceptible to diphtheria, was developed by the Hungarian-American pediatrician Béla Schick in 1913. | | | Even more effective has been the development of harmless forms of diphtheria toxin, called toxoids. | | | Diphtheria, an acute and highly infectious disease, affecting children particularly, characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the passages of the upper respiratory system. |
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| | WHO Diphtheria |
| | Diphtheria usually affects the tonsils, pharynx, larynx and occasionally the skin. | | | The disease can be fatal - between 5% and 10% of diphtheria patients die, even if properly treated. | | | Diphtheria is an infectious disease spreading from person to person by respiratory droplets from the throat through coughing and sneezing. |
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| | CDC - Yellow Book: [4] Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis - CDC Travelers' Health |
| | Tetanus, an acute disease caused by Clostridium tetani, is characterized by muscle rigidity and painful spasms, often starting in the muscles of the jaw and neck. | | | Such patients should also receive a dose of a diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccine during the convalescent period. | | | Diphtheria affects the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract (respiratory diphtheria), the skin (cutaneous diphtheria), and occasionally other sites (eyes, nose, or vagina). |
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 19, Ch. 265, Childhood Infections |
| | Occasionally, the primary site is the skin or mucosa elsewhere. | | | Diphtheria (see above) should be considered in a nonimmunized patient. | | | Cutaneous diphtheria should be considered when a patient develops skin lesions during an outbreak of respiratory diphtheria. |
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http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section19/chapter265/265a.htm
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| | Centers for Disease Control- Diptheria - Baby Bag® Online |
| | It can also cause problems with the other body organs such as the heart and lungs. | | | The major problems of diphtheria can be prevented in individual patients by adequate immunization with diphtheria toxoid. | | | Finally, claims that DTP may be responsible for transverse myelitis, hyperactivity, learning disorders, infantile autism, and progressive degenerative central nervous system conditions have no scientific basis. |
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http://www.babybag.com/articles/cdc_dip.htm
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| | DIPHTHERIA |
| | This change is due largely to our parents and grandparents, who got their children immunized. | | | Diphtheria vaccine protects children by creating immunity to the toxin that causes symptoms of illness, rather than immunity to the bacteria itself. | | | Diphtheria used to be a major cause of childhood illness and death. |
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http://www.cispimmunize.org/fam/dtp/dip/fam_dip.html
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| | The multicolored Ethiopian stamp portrays an affected child, demonstrating the classic pharyngeal membrane. | | | For this work, von Behring received the first Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine in 1901 and subsequently developed the diphtheria toxoid vaccine, which is responsible for the rarity of diphtheria today in developed countries. | | | Roux, with Alexandre Yersin at the Pasteur Institute in Paris (1888), demonstrated that the diphtheria organism produces a toxin. |
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| | Notifiable Condition: Diptheria |
| | You are here: DOH Home » Notifiable Conditions » Diphtheria Index | | | Cases are most often associated with travel as diphtheria is not endemic to Washington. | | | To alert public health authorities to the presence of C. diphtheria and the possibility of other cases developing in the area, a particular concern given the large number of susceptible adults. |
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http://www.doh.wa.gov/notify/nc/diphtheria.htm
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| | DIPHTHERIA Pediatric Oncall |
| | Diagnosis of diphtheria should be made on basis of clinical findings, because any delay in therapy may pose a serious risk to patient. | | | The patient with myocarditis may be digitalized if CCF develops. | | | In tonsillar and pharyngeal diphtheria, sore throat is a universal early symptom. |
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http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/casereports/diphtheria.asp
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| | A Commitment to Protect-Diphtheria |
| | There are different types of diphtheria, classified according to which part of the body the disease affects. | | | This type of diphtheria is generally mild and can be quickly cured with the appropriate medications. | | | More commonly, diphtheria affects the pharynx and tonsils. |
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http://www.vaccineprotection.com/consumer/diseases/diphtheria.cfm
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| | Diphtheria was a common childhood illness in the 1930's. | | | Diphtheria is a bacterial infection that affects the tonsils, pharynx, larynx, nose, and skin. | | | It can also enter through a break in the skin. |
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http://www.mamashealth.com/infect/diphtheria.asp
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| | Diphtheria is a notifiable disease and treating GP's and/or diagnosing laboratories should report cases to their State and Territory health departments. | | | Diphtheria has almost been eradicated from Australia; reporting of coses is therefore of considerable public health importance. | | | Home > For Consumers > Conditions and Diseases > Communicable Diseases Information > Factsheets > Diphtheria |
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http://www.health.gov.au/pubhlth/strateg/communic/factsheets/diphth.htm
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| | A laboratory criterion for diagnosis involves either isolation of the organism from a clinical specimen or a histopathologic diagnosis of diphtheria. | | | The current clinical case definition of diphtheria for surveillance purposes is: "An upper respiratory tract illness characterized by sore throat, low-grade fever, and an adherent membrane of the tonsils(s), pharynx, and/or nose." Beginning in 1980, cutaneous diphtheria was excluded from reporting in the United States. | | | At one time, respiratory diphtheria was common, occurred primarily in children, and was one of the major causes of infant and child mortality in the United States. |
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| | NNii. Vaccine Information |
| | Half of those vaccinated with DTaP will experience no side effects at all. | | | Diphtheria is a serious disease that can cause death through airway obstruction, pneumonia, heart failure, and paralysis of the muscles used for swallowing. | | | A fact sheet that gives basic information on this disease, as well as the effectiveness and possible side effects of the vaccine that can prevent it. |
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| | Diphtheria : The Department of Health - P&G: Health topics: Diptheria |
| | Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacterium Corynebacteria diphtheriae affecting the upper respiratory tract and occasionally the skin. | | | Diphtheria : The Department of Health - PandG: Health topics: Diptheria | | | You are here: DH home - Policy and guidance - Health and social care topics - Diphtheria |
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| | Diphtheria is a disease caused by a bacteria, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which invades the throat. | | | Up-to-date vaccination with the DTP (diphtheria is the "D") vaccine can prevent this very serious, life-threatening disease. | | | Diphtheria is usually spread through the airborne route or through contact with saliva or nasal secretions of an infected person. |
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| | BabyCenter Glossary - D |
| | Diphtheria can be prevented by the DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) vaccine. | | | The most common chromosomal abnormality, Down syndrome causes mild to severe mental retardation, as well as other physical problems such as heart defects. | | | A painful bacterial infection that destroys the lining of the throat, swelling the neck and causing fever and difficulty breathing; in severe cases it can cause death by asphyxiation in three or four days. |
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| | WHO Diphtheria |
| | MeSH scope note: A localized infection of mucous membranes or skin caused by toxigenic strains of CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE. | | | DIPHTHERIA TOXIN, produced by C. diphtheriae, can cause myocarditis, polyneuritis, and other systemic toxic effects. | | | Also shown are links to related web sites and topics. |
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| | Diphtheria Information |
| | Preventing Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Among Adolescents: Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccines | | | Notice to Readers: FDA Licensure of Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed, Hepatitis B (Recombinant), and Poliovirus Vaccine Combined, (PEDIARIX(tm)) for Use in Infants | | | Use of Diphtheria Toxoid-Tetanus Toxoid-Acellular Pertussis Vaccine as a Five-Dose Series: Supplemental Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices |
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