Corynebacterium diphtheriae, historically recognised for its diphtheria toxin, exhibits a multifaceted interaction with its host that extends beyond toxin production. Current research underscores that ...

Despite a steady decline in reported cases following a large outbreak in 2022, diphtheria is still being reported in Europe, with the number of cases higher than before 2020. An ECDC Rapid Risk ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Twenty-nine strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated from throats and 29 strains from skin lesions, the latter mainly from communities ...

Diphtheria - a relatively easily-preventable infection - is evolving to become resistant to a number of classes of antibiotics and in future could lead to vaccine escape, warn an international team of ...

Diphtheria was once a leading cause of death for children; immunization programs eventually changed that for most countries. But the bacterial infection still occurs in low- and middle-income ...

Diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection that mainly affects the nose and throat of a patient. Sometimes, it may also affect the skin. It is easily preventable if caught in time but may ...

Researchers from India, the U.K. and Russia have analysed a large collection of 502 genomes sourced from over 16 countries and collected from over a period of 122 years of the bacterium that causes ...

I look forward to when we can look back on COVID-19 and see it as an "old-timey" disease like the mumps and whooping cough; illnesses that became (mostly) irrelevant with vaccinations. We certainly ...

Worldwide, the incidence of diphtheria has reduced dramatically in the past five decades, thanks to widespread immunisation using a diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccine. Recently, the Nigerian ...