The largest diphtheria outbreak to strike Western Europe in 70 years has been affecting vulnerable people such as migrants ...

TWO persons have reportedly died of diphtheria, popularly called whooping cough, at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital ...

Diphtheria is primarily caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae and ... can usually be treated with a number of classes of antibiotics. While C. diphtheriae resistance to antibiotics ...

The bacterium is known as Corynebacterium accolens ... the health of those most at risk and in turn reduce the need for antibiotics and the chances for antibiotic resistance.

Diphtheria is primarily caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae and ... can usually be treated with a number of classes of antibiotic. While C. diphtheriae resistant to antibiotics ...

but bacterial culture revealed Corynebacterium diptheria. Testing showed that the organisms were susceptible to vancomycin, rifampicin, and cephalosporin. Initially, combination antibiotic therapy ...

Research is providing insight into how harmless Corynebacterium species, bacterial members of the nasal and skin microbiome, help protect humans from disease. "Our research helps set the stage for ...

Empirical antimicrobial treatment in acute care settings is often the result of the "diagnosis momentum" heuristic, wherein the antibiotics started in one location for "sepsis" are continued for ...