Diphtheria

Links to information about diphtheria, including immunisation against diptheria.

Reviewed January 2009

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Title:   Diphtheria
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Diphtheria is an infection of the throat and nose caused by the Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacteria. Diphtheria can cause a membrane to grow around the inside of the throat which can lead to difficulty in swallowing, breathlessness and suffocation. Occasionally these bacteria can cause skin infections, usually in people with poor health or poor hygiene.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Diphtheria
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Diphtheria used to be a very serious disease. In the early 1900s diphtheria caused more deaths in Australia than any other infectious disease.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Diphtheria
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   There are still occasional cases of diphtheria in Australia but diphtheria has become a very serious problem again in some countries.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Combined DTP-HBV-HIB vaccine versus separately administered DTP-HBV and HIB vaccines for primary prevention of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae B (HIB)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Childhood vaccinations provide an effective method of protection against many diseases. There are multiple advantages to combining vaccines: reducing the number of visits, injections and patient discomfort, increasing compliance, and optimizing preventi...
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Diphtheria
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Diphtheria is a serious communicable bacterial disease that causes severe inflammation of the nose, throat and windpipe (trachea). Symptoms of diptheria may include runny nose, severe sore throat, fever, swollen lymph nodes in the throat, a furry grey or black coating on the throat membranes, breathing problems and swallowing problems. Diphtheria is rare in most developed countries because of the widespread use of the diphtheria vaccine.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Diphtheria - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Diphtheria usually causes an infection in the upper respiratory tract.
Date:   Oct 2003
Title:   Diphtheria
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Diphtheria is caused by a toxigenic strain of the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae. This fact sheet covers: the disease and its agent; spread of infection; prevention; surveillance and reporting.
Date:   Mar 2002
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