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ArticleInfection2023

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

M T Traugott, S Pleininger, S Inschlag-Tisch, B Eder, T Seitz, A Merrelaar, J Reiß-Kornfehl, J Fussi, S Schindler, M Blaschitz and 8 more

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Article in Infection, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M T TraugottIV Medical Department with Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clinic Favoriten, Kundratstraße 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria. Marianna.traugott@gesundheitsverbund.at.
S PleiningerAustrian Reference Centre for Diphtheria, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria.
S Inschlag-TischDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Nephrology, Hospital of Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
B EderIV Medical Department with Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clinic Favoriten, Kundratstraße 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria.
T SeitzIV Medical Department with Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clinic Favoriten, Kundratstraße 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria.
A MerrelaarIV Medical Department with Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clinic Favoriten, Kundratstraße 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria.
J Reiß-KornfehlDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital of Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
J FussiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Nephrology, Hospital of Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
S SchindlerAustrian Reference Centre for Diphtheria, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria.
M BlaschitzAustrian Reference Centre for Diphtheria, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria.
F HegerAustrian Reference Centre for Diphtheria, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria.
A IndraAustrian Reference Centre for Diphtheria, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria.
M KarolyiIV Medical Department with Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clinic Favoriten, Kundratstraße 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria.
M StaudacherIV Medical Department with Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clinic Favoriten, Kundratstraße 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria.
T OelschlaegelIV Medical Department with Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clinic Favoriten, Kundratstraße 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria.
W HoeplerIV Medical Department with Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clinic Favoriten, Kundratstraße 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria.
S NeuholdIV Medical Department with Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clinic Favoriten, Kundratstraße 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria.
C WenischIV Medical Department with Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clinic Favoriten, Kundratstraße 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria.
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety · ATFachhochschule Wiener Neustadt · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeRaising awareness of respiratory diphtheria and for the importance of early antitoxin administration.

methodsReport of a case of fulminant, imported respiratory diphtheria in an otherwise healthy 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022.

resultThis 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.

conclusionIn high-income countries with low case numbers, awareness of respiratory diphtheria and for the importance of early antitoxin administration must be raised.

Indexed as

Corynebacterium diphtheriaeDiphtheriaRefugeesAdultAustriaDiphtheria AntitoxinHumansYoung AdultDiphtheria AntitoxinAfghanAustriaDiphtheria antitoxinMigrationRespiratory diphtheriaToxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Identifiers

PMID36178603
PMCPMC10042955
OpenAlexW4298087976

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