Associate Professor.
Junior Resident, Department of Medicine, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysuru, Karnataka, India; Corresponding Author.
J Assoc Physicians India. 2023 Mar;71(3):11-12.
Diphtheria is showing a resurgence in recent years. A fall in the immunity of adults to diphtheria due to multiple reasons is showing a rise in diphtheria cases in the adult population. Diphtheritic polyneuropathy shows a prevalence of 20-27% of infections. It affects the axial muscle and the palatine muscle fastHere we report a case of diphtheritic polyneuropathy in a 27-year-old COVID-19-infected man.
近年来白喉呈现死灰复燃之势。由于多种原因,成年人对白喉的免疫力下降,导致成人白喉病例呈上升趋势。白喉性多发性神经炎的感染率为 20-27%。它会影响轴性肌肉和腭肌。此处我们报告了一例 COVID-19 感染的 27 岁男性罹患白喉性多发性神经炎的病例。