Diphtheria is an infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Most infections are asymptomatic or have a mild clinical course, but in...
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DPT vaccine (redirect from Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine)
infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (lockjaw). The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and...
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Diphtheria toxin is an exotoxin secreted mainly by Corynebacterium diphtheriae but also by Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis...
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Diphtheria vaccine is a toxoid vaccine against diphtheria, an illness caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Its use has resulted in a more than 90% decrease...
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Diphtheria antitoxin (DAT) is a medication made up of antibodies used in the treatment of diphtheria. It is no longer recommended for prevention of diphtheria...
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as DTaP and Tdap, which contain diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccines, and DT and Td, which contain diphtheria and tetanus vaccines. DTaP and DT...
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Many cases of croup are preventable by immunization for influenza and diphtheria. Most cases of croup are mild and the patient can be treated at home with...
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known to cause diphtheria and diphtheria-like infections in patients. Previously thought to simply be contaminants recovered from diphtheria patients, “coryneform”...
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae (category Diphtheria)
Corynebacterium diphtheriae is a Gram-positive pathogenic bacterium that causes diphtheria. It is also known as the Klebs–Löffler bacillus because it was discovered...
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Cutaneous diphtheria is an infection of the skin by Corynebacterium diphtheriae.: 265 It is also known as "desert sore". Diphtheria Skin lesion James...
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Émile Roux (section Diphtheria research)
Institute, and responsible for the institute's production of the anti-diphtheria serum, the first effective therapy for this disease. Additionally, he...
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1925 serum run to Nome to transport diphtheria antitoxin serum through harsh conditions during an epidemic of diphtheria. The film stars Willem Dafoe, Julianne...
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vaccines. The vaccine is only available in combination with tetanus and diphtheria vaccines. Pertussis vaccine is estimated to have saved over 500,000 lives...
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Antitoxins to diphtheria and tetanus toxins were produced by Emil Adolf von Behring and his colleagues from 1890 onwards. The use of diphtheria antitoxin...
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ATC code J07 (section J07AF Diphtheria vaccines)
Cholera, combinations with typhoid vaccine, inactivated, whole cell J07AF01 Diphtheria toxoid J07AG01 Hemophilus influenzae B, purified antigen conjugated J07AG51...
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Anna Wessels Williams (section Work on Diphtheria)
many diseases, including diphtheria, rabies, scarlet fever, smallpox, influenza, and meningitis. Notably, a strain of diphtheria-causing bacteria that Williams...
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albicans infection Candida parapsilosis infection Cytomegalovirus infection diphtheria human coronavirus infection respiratory distress syndrome measles meconium...
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Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874–1878) (category Deaths from diphtheria)
second daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Marie died of diphtheria and was buried with her mother, who died a few weeks later of the same...
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clinical effects of diphtheria were caused by diphtheria toxin and, following the 1890 discovery of an antitoxin-based immunity to diphtheria and tetanus by...
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DTaP-IPV/Hib vaccine (category Diphtheria)
that protects against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio, and Haemophilus influenzae type B. Its generic name is "diphtheria and tetanus toxoids...
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Hexavalent vaccine (category Diphtheria)
The term usually refers to the children's vaccine that protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, haemophilus B, and hepatitis B, which...
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preparation is also known as an anatoxin. There are toxoids for prevention of diphtheria, tetanus and botulism. Toxoids are used as vaccines because they induce...
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Pharyngitis (section Diphtheria)
abscess. In one out of 400 untreated cases, Lemierre's syndrome occurs. Diphtheria is a potentially life-threatening upper respiratory infection caused by...
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increased significantly. Smallpox, typhus, plague, poliomyelitis, and diphtheria were eradicated by 1981. The Mongolian Red Cross Society focuses on preventive...
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a decisive contribution to the development of an antiserum to combat diphtheria and conceived a method for standardising therapeutic serums. In 1908,...
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Contemporary Russian. Routledge. Galazkaa, Artur (2000). "Implications of the Diphtheria Epidemic in the Former Soviet Union for Immunization Programs". Journal...
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Emil von Behring (category Diphtheria)
that field, for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin. He was widely known as a "saviour of children", as diphtheria used to be a major cause of child...
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for diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine, "DT" for diphtheria and tetanus toxoids, and "Td" for tetanus and diphtheria toxoids...
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conjugate)) Infanrix (for diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed) Infanrix IPV (for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (acellular...
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae toxin, produced during life-threatening symptoms of diphtheria; tetanospasmin produced by Clostridium tetani. The toxic properties of...
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