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Diphtheria

Known as: Diphtheria [Disease/Finding], Diphtheria, unspecified, Diphtherias 
A Gram-positive bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It usually involves the oral cavity, pharynx, and nasal cavity. Patients… 
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Bacterial InfectionsCRM-197 PROTEIN CONJUGATEChildhood ImmunizationCorynebacterium diphtheriae

Broader (1)

Corynebacterium Infections

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Cutaneous diphtheriaFaucial diphtheriaLaryngeal DiphtheriaNasopharyngeal Diphtheria

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1996
1996
Diphtheria s European come back.
Since children have been vaccinated routinely, diphtheria has been eliminated in most European states and the recent occurrence… 
1991
1991
Persistence of serum antibodies elicited by Haemophilus influenzae type b-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine in infants vaccinated at 3, 5 and 12 months of age.
Eighty-five children received three injections of a vaccine consisting of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) capsular… 
1983
1983
Immunogenicity of a Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine in combination with diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine in infants.
Seventy-eight Navajo infants (one to two months of age) were randomly assigned to one of two vaccination groups: one group (40… 
1975
1975
Antibody responses to a combination vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae type b, diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus.
Forty-one children were studied in order to provide information on antibody responses to H. influenzae type b polyribophosphate… 
1971
1971
Cellular mechanisms of adjuvant action of bacterial lipopolysaccharide in anti-sheep red blood cell antibody response.
Adjuvant action of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) extracted from Salmonella typhimurium LT2 on anti-sheep red blood cell (sRBC… 
Review
1971
Review
1971
Titration of diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins in sera of low titre.
Abstract Available methods for titrating diphtheria and tetanus antitoxin at low concentrations in human or animal blood are… 
1962
1962
Kinetics of diphtheria toxin formation.
SUMMARY: Studies on the kinetics of diphtheria toxin formation in iron-free culture media by variants of the PW no. 8 strain of… 
1956
1956
Studies on diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus combined immunization in children. I. Heterologous interference of pertussis agglutinin and tetanus antitoxin response by pre-existing latent diphtheria…
Summary and Conclusions The immune responses of 239 free-living children who received primary vaccination with 3 monthly doses of… 
1949
1949
COMBINED IMMUNIZATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS AND PERTUSSIS IN NEWBORN INFANTS III. Relationship of Age to Antibody Production
A comparison was made of antibody production by newborn infants and by older children following prophylactic inoculation against… 
Highly Cited
1947
Highly Cited
1947
Disseminated encephalomyelitis experimentally produced by the use of homologous antigen.
THE ACUTE disseminated encephalomyelitis that sometimes follows vaccination against rabies1or smallpox,2as well as the…