Western Europe experienced the largest surge in reported diphtheria infections in 70 years. Clinical and genomic data from ...

This is sometimes called a "pseudomembrane". If not treated early, diphtheria causes difficulty in breathing and can lead to complete blockage of the airway and death. The organism also produces a ...

The Chief Medical Director (CMD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Dr Wasiu Adeyemo, says the pupils of King’s College, Annex, Lagos, who had diphtheria and were brought ...

Diphtheria is caused by the Corynebacterium diphtheriae bacterium, which produces a toxin that damages tissues in the body. The toxin spreads through the bloodstream, affecting vital organs such ...

Diphtheria, according to WHO, is a contagious disease caused by toxin-producing bacteria, which can spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The Nigeria ...

Lagos State Government has confirmed 14 diphtheria cases among pupils at King’s College Annex, Victoria Island, Lagos, with one reported death. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi ...

However, despite medical intervention, he succumbed to severe myocarditis—a known complication of diphtheria toxin—on March 6. At the time of his death, 34 close contacts were already under ...

Myocarditis na one of di complications wey di diphtheria toxin dey cause. But di Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, tok say make pipo no panic as dem don activate one Emergency Operations ...

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), diphtheria is a contagious disease that is caused by toxin-producing bacteria. The disease, according to medical experts, can spread from person ...

He noted that the affected students have been given antitoxin to neutralise the Diphtheria toxin and emphasised that the situation is under control, urging the public to remain calm. Preventing ...