Two cases of imported respiratory diphtheria in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2019

We report two cases of respiratory toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection in fully vaccinated UK born adults following travel to Tunisia in October 2019. Both patients were successfully treated with antibiotics and neither received diphtheria antitoxin. Contact tracing was performed followi...

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Autores principales: Li, Lucy, Ross, Daniella, Hill, Katherine, Clifford, Sarah, Wellington, Louise, Sumpter, Colin, Gadsby, Naomi J., Crane, Jennifer, Macsween, Karen F., Hopkins, Katie L., Fry, Norman K., Koch, Oliver, Stevenson, Janet
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7374812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32408918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268820001028
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author Li, Lucy
Ross, Daniella
Hill, Katherine
Clifford, Sarah
Wellington, Louise
Sumpter, Colin
Gadsby, Naomi J.
Crane, Jennifer
Macsween, Karen F.
Hopkins, Katie L.
Fry, Norman K.
Koch, Oliver
Stevenson, Janet
author_facet Li, Lucy
Ross, Daniella
Hill, Katherine
Clifford, Sarah
Wellington, Louise
Sumpter, Colin
Gadsby, Naomi J.
Crane, Jennifer
Macsween, Karen F.
Hopkins, Katie L.
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description We report two cases of respiratory toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection in fully vaccinated UK born adults following travel to Tunisia in October 2019. Both patients were successfully treated with antibiotics and neither received diphtheria antitoxin. Contact tracing was performed following a risk assessment but no additional cases were identified. This report highlights the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for re-emerging infections in patients with a history of travel to high-risk areas outside Europe.
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spelling pubmed-73748122020-07-31 Two cases of imported respiratory diphtheria in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2019 Li, Lucy Ross, Daniella Hill, Katherine Clifford, Sarah Wellington, Louise Sumpter, Colin Gadsby, Naomi J. Crane, Jennifer Macsween, Karen F. Hopkins, Katie L. Fry, Norman K. Koch, Oliver Stevenson, Janet Epidemiol Infect Original Paper We report two cases of respiratory toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection in fully vaccinated UK born adults following travel to Tunisia in October 2019. Both patients were successfully treated with antibiotics and neither received diphtheria antitoxin. Contact tracing was performed following a risk assessment but no additional cases were identified. This report highlights the importance of maintaining a high index of suspicion for re-emerging infections in patients with a history of travel to high-risk areas outside Europe. Cambridge University Press 2020-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7374812/ /pubmed/32408918 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268820001028 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Ross, Daniella
Hill, Katherine
Clifford, Sarah
Wellington, Louise
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Gadsby, Naomi J.
Crane, Jennifer
Macsween, Karen F.
Hopkins, Katie L.
Fry, Norman K.
Koch, Oliver
Stevenson, Janet
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title_fullStr Two cases of imported respiratory diphtheria in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2019
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title_short Two cases of imported respiratory diphtheria in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 2019
title_sort two cases of imported respiratory diphtheria in edinburgh, scotland, october 2019
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7374812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32408918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268820001028
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