Open AccessA new way to fight diphtheria
Author(s) -
E. M. Lepsky
Publication year - 1923
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj80106
Subject(s) - diphtheria , virulence , disease , organism , diphtheria toxin , mortality rate , medicine , virology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , vaccination , toxin , paleontology , biochemistry , gene
Since the introduction of antitoxic serum in the treatment of diphtheria, the mortality rate of the disease has decreased considerably, but it has not yet been reduced to zero. Cases are constantly observed where, whether because of too late application of the serum, because of weak resistance of the organism, high virulence of the germs, or for other reasons, the serum treatment also proves helpless; therefore even now in cultured countries 20-30 people per every 100,000 inhabitants die of diphtheria every year.