IV Medical Department with Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Clinic Favoriten, Kundratstraße 3, 1100, Vienna, Austria.
Austrian Reference Centre for Diphtheria, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria.
Infection. 2023 Apr;51(2):489-495. doi: 10.1007/s15010-022-01926-4. Epub 2022 Sep 30.
Raising awareness of respiratory diphtheria and for the importance of early antitoxin administration.
Report of a case of fulminant, imported respiratory diphtheria in an otherwise healthy 24-year-old Afghan refugee in Austria in May 2022.
This 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.
In high-income countries with low case numbers, awareness of respiratory diphtheria and for the importance of early antitoxin administration must be raised.
提高对呼吸道白喉的认识,以及早期使用抗毒素的重要性。
报告 2022 年 5 月奥地利一名 24 岁健康的阿富汗难民发生暴发性、输入性呼吸道白喉的病例。
这是奥地利自 1993 年以来首例呼吸道白喉。在疾病已进展的阶段使用了白喉抗毒素。这种延迟导致了多器官衰竭和死亡的暴发性疾病过程。
在病例数量较少的高收入国家,必须提高对呼吸道白喉的认识,以及早期使用抗毒素的重要性。