Resurgence of Diphtheria – A case report
Keywords:
Diphtheria, Resurgence, Immunization
Abstract
Diphtheria is a highly infectious and one of the most common causes for childhood mortality. In developed countries, diphtheria has been completely eradicated with the introduction of effective immunization program. In developing countries like India, the incidence of this disease has declined with immunization. But resurgence has been reported from many parts of India. Poor immunization coverage and failure to take booster doses is responsible for persistence of diphtheria. Here we report a case of diphtheria in a 6 year old boy from Chamarajanagar district.
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3. P. Lakshmi Vasantha et al. A case of Diphtheria. Journal of Basic and Clinical Research; 2016; 3(1): 35-38.
4. Zasada AA. Corynebacterium diphtheriae infections currently and in the past. Przegl Epidemiol. 2015;69(3):439-44, 569-74.[pubmed]
5. Basavaraja GV, Chebbi PG, Joshi S. Resurgence of diphtheria: clinical profile and outcome - a retrospective observational study. Int J ContempPediatr; 2016; 3: 60-3.
6. Phalkey RK, Bhosale RV, Joshi AP, et al. Preventing the preventable through effective surveillance: the case of diphtheria in a rural district of Maharashtra, India. BMC Public Health. 2013 Apr 8;13:317. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-317.[pubmed]
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8. Das PP, Patgiri SJ, Saikia L, Paul D. Recent Outbreaks of Diphtheria in Dibrugarh District, Assam, India. J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Jul;10(7):DR01-3. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/20212.8144. Epub 2016 Jul 1.[pubmed]
9. Priya KPA, Kumar SS, Kannan A, Muralidharan U. A Child with Complicated Diphtheria in this Vaccine Era: A Case Report. Int J Sci Stud; 2017; 4(12):256-257.
10. Sunanda joshi, Nalini Mittal,Tarun Kumar Ravi. Diphtheria A Case Report-Early Diagnosis and Treatment Leads ToFavourable Outcome. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical, 2017; 16(4): 71-73.
11. Farizo KM, Strebel PM, Chen RT, et al. Fatal respiratory disease due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae: case report and review of guidelines for management, investigation, and control. Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Jan;16(1):59-68.[pubmed]
12. Meshram RM, Patil A. Clinical profile and outcome of diphtheria in central India: a retrospective observational study. Int J ContempPediatr; 2018;5: 1600-5.
13. Mahantesh V.P, Aisha M.P, S. L. Lakkannavar, Sanjiva D.K and Subarna Roy. Diphtheria outbreak in rural North Karnataka, India. JMM Case Reports; 2014.
14. S.V. Savaskar, S.T. Bandichhode, P.S. Chhajed. Diphtheria in Children- Are we even close to control the menace? International Journal of Medical Pediatrics and Oncology; 2017; 3(3):106-109.
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16. Koripella Rama Lakshmi, C.Siva Kalyani, Perala Balamurali Krishna, N.Lakshmi, P.Anusha and Sulakshana Sony Cheemala. A Report of Three Cases of Diphtheria in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App.Sci.; 2016;5(4): 675-680.
CITATION
DOI: 10.17511/jopm.2018.i06.03
Published: 2018-10-31
How to Cite
Dr. Mita D. Wadekar, & Dr. Sathish J.V. (2018). Resurgence of Diphtheria – A case report. Tropical Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 4(6), 434-436. https://doi.org/10.17511/jopm.2018.i06.03
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