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Mashup Score: 13Diphtheria: WHO publishes first ever guidance following outbreaks - 3 month(s) ago
The World Health Organization has rapidly developed guidance on the clinical management of diphtheria in response to increasing outbreaks in several African countries.1 There were outbreaks of diphtheria in Guinea, Nigeria, and neighbouring countries in 2023. According to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a diphtheria epidemic is currently raging in the Batha region of central Chad with more than 825 cases and 36 deaths reported since June 2023. WHO says the recent outbreaks highlight the urgent need for evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Given the sporadic nature of outbreaks, many clinicians have …
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Mashup Score: 2Deadly diphtheria outbreak reported in Guinea - 7 month(s) ago
The country struggles with low DPT vaccination levels, especially in the outbreak area.
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Mashup Score: 0Successful revaccination of a child with Gianotti-Crosti syndrome following diphtheria tetanus and rabies vaccinations - 8 month(s) ago
Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (GCS), also known as childhood papular acrodermatitis, is a rare, self-limiting disease characterized by sudden-onset monomorphic papular or papulovesicular eruptions.1-3 It is thought to occur mainly in association with infections and rarely with vaccines.4 The diagnosis is based on clinical signs and symptoms. There are no characteristic laboratory features.2,4 Awareness and clinical suspicion are required to diagnose GCS.
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Mashup Score: 8Switzerland reports at least 8 diphtheria cases at Bern facility - Outbreak News Today - 2 year(s) ago
NewsDesk @bactiman63 Switzerland officials report that up to eight people living in a centre for asylum seekers in the capital of Bern, contracted diphtheria, according to a SwissInfo report. The cases have been isolated and 175 people have been put in quarantine. Current cases have not shown respiratory symptoms and two of the six cases have […]
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Mashup Score: 0Have you had your diphtheria vaccines? Here's why it matters - 2 year(s) ago
An adult from the north coast of New South Wales is the latest Australian to be diagnosed with the deadly infectious disease, diphtheria. The patient, who was diagnosed on Monday, is being treated with antibiotics and health authorities have followed up all contacts. Few doctors and nurses in Australia have ever seen the disease, yet recent cases and a death remind us how dangerous this disease…
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Mashup Score: 11The Lancet Infectious Diseases, June 2021, Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 743-888, e141-e181 - 3 year(s) ago
Peruse the current issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, a monthly journal covering international issues relevant to clinical infectious diseases specialists worldwide
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Mashup Score: 2The Lancet Infectious Diseases, June 2021, Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 743-888, e141-e181 - 3 year(s) ago
Peruse the current issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, a monthly journal covering international issues relevant to clinical infectious diseases specialists worldwide
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Mashup Score: 0The Lancet Infectious Diseases, June 2021, Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages 743-888, e141-e181 - 3 year(s) ago
Peruse the current issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, a monthly journal covering international issues relevant to clinical infectious diseases specialists worldwide
Source: www.thelancet.comCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Jonathan Polonsky and colleagues report on a diphtheria outbreak among Rohingya people in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh during 2017-19.
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Jonathan Polonsky and colleagues report on a diphtheria outbreak among Rohingya people in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh during 2017-19.
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