A case of fulminant respiratory diphtheria in a 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022: a case report

PURPOSE: Raising awareness of respiratory diphtheria and for the importance of early antitoxin administration. METHODS: Report of a case of fulminant, imported respiratory diphtheria in an otherwise healthy 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022. RESULT: This was the first case of respira...

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Autores principales: Traugott, M. T., Pleininger, S., Inschlag-Tisch, S., Eder, B., Seitz, T., Merrelaar, A., Reiß-Kornfehl, J., Fussi, J., Schindler, S., Blaschitz, M., Heger, F., Indra, A., Karolyi, M., Staudacher, M., Oelschlaegel, T., Hoepler, W., Neuhold, S., Wenisch, C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10042955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36178603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-022-01926-4
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author Traugott, M. T.
Pleininger, S.
Inschlag-Tisch, S.
Eder, B.
Seitz, T.
Merrelaar, A.
Reiß-Kornfehl, J.
Fussi, J.
Schindler, S.
Blaschitz, M.
Heger, F.
Indra, A.
Karolyi, M.
Staudacher, M.
Oelschlaegel, T.
Hoepler, W.
Neuhold, S.
Wenisch, C.
author_facet Traugott, M. T.
Pleininger, S.
Inschlag-Tisch, S.
Eder, B.
Seitz, T.
Merrelaar, A.
Reiß-Kornfehl, J.
Fussi, J.
Schindler, S.
Blaschitz, M.
Heger, F.
Indra, A.
Karolyi, M.
Staudacher, M.
Oelschlaegel, T.
Hoepler, W.
Neuhold, S.
Wenisch, C.
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description PURPOSE: Raising awareness of respiratory diphtheria and for the importance of early antitoxin administration. METHODS: Report of a case of fulminant, imported respiratory diphtheria in an otherwise healthy 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022. RESULT: This was the first case of respiratory diphtheria in Austria since 1993. Diphtheria antitoxin was administered at an already progressed disease stage. This delay contributed to a fulminant disease course with multiorgan failure and death. CONCLUSION: In high-income countries with low case numbers, awareness of respiratory diphtheria and for the importance of early antitoxin administration must be raised.
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spelling pubmed-100429552023-03-29 A case of fulminant respiratory diphtheria in a 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022: a case report Traugott, M. T. Pleininger, S. Inschlag-Tisch, S. Eder, B. Seitz, T. Merrelaar, A. Reiß-Kornfehl, J. Fussi, J. Schindler, S. Blaschitz, M. Heger, F. Indra, A. Karolyi, M. Staudacher, M. Oelschlaegel, T. Hoepler, W. Neuhold, S. Wenisch, C. Infection Case Report PURPOSE: Raising awareness of respiratory diphtheria and for the importance of early antitoxin administration. METHODS: Report of a case of fulminant, imported respiratory diphtheria in an otherwise healthy 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022. RESULT: This was the first case of respiratory diphtheria in Austria since 1993. Diphtheria antitoxin was administered at an already progressed disease stage. This delay contributed to a fulminant disease course with multiorgan failure and death. CONCLUSION: In high-income countries with low case numbers, awareness of respiratory diphtheria and for the importance of early antitoxin administration must be raised. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-09-30 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10042955/ /pubmed/36178603 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-022-01926-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2022, corrected publication 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Case Report
Traugott, M. T.
Pleininger, S.
Inschlag-Tisch, S.
Eder, B.
Seitz, T.
Merrelaar, A.
Reiß-Kornfehl, J.
Fussi, J.
Schindler, S.
Blaschitz, M.
Heger, F.
Indra, A.
Karolyi, M.
Staudacher, M.
Oelschlaegel, T.
Hoepler, W.
Neuhold, S.
Wenisch, C.
A case of fulminant respiratory diphtheria in a 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022: a case report
title A case of fulminant respiratory diphtheria in a 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022: a case report
title_full A case of fulminant respiratory diphtheria in a 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022: a case report
title_fullStr A case of fulminant respiratory diphtheria in a 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022: a case report
title_full_unstemmed A case of fulminant respiratory diphtheria in a 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022: a case report
title_short A case of fulminant respiratory diphtheria in a 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022: a case report
title_sort case of fulminant respiratory diphtheria in a 24-year-old afghan refugee in austria in may 2022: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10042955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36178603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s15010-022-01926-4
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