Novel Clinical Monitoring Approaches for Reemergence of Diphtheria Myocarditis, Vietnam

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Chanh, Ho Quang ; Trieu, Huynh Trung ; Vuong, Huynh Ngoc Thien ; Hung, Tran Kim ; Phan, Tu Qui ; Campbell, James ; Pley, Caitlin ; Yacoub, Sophie
• Description:
  Diphtheria is a life-threatening, vaccine-preventable disease caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium bacterial species that continues to cause substantial disease and death worldwide, particularly in vulnerable populations. Further outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases are forecast because of health service disruptions caused by the coronavirus disease pandemic. Diphtheria causes a spectrum of clinical disease, ranging from cutaneous forms to severe respiratory infections with systemic complications, including cardiac and neurologic. In this synopsis, we describe a case of oropharyngeal diphtheria in a 7-year-old boy in Vietnam who experienced severe myocarditis complications. We also review the cardiac complications of diphtheria and discuss how noninvasive bedside imaging technologies to monitor myocardial function and hemodynamic parameters can help improve the management of this neglected infectious disease.
• Subjects:
  Child Corynebacterium Corynebacterium Diphtheriae Diphtheria Humans Male Myocarditis
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(2):282-290
• Pubmed ID:
  35075995
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8798685
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Vietnam
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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