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Diptheriods
A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Deborah Ungerleideranswered
Pediatrics 38 years experience
Diphtheria is very: serious.It can make a person unable to breathe, cause paralysis and heart failure;about one out of every ten people that gets diphtheria dies.It is ca... Read More
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3.5k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Bacteria: Staphylococcus is a gram-positive bacteria. Diptheriods are bacteria.
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2.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 48 years experience
Vaccines given IM: Most vaccines like those for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis are given deep into a muscle. This location allows for proper distribution into the bod... Read More
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5.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Keith Ramseyanswered
Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine 38 years experience
Antitoxin: And antibiotics, along with rest and sometimes hospitalization.
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4.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Martin Raffanswered
Infectious Disease 58 years experience
Contamination: It means that the urine culture was contaminated, either due to improper collection or to lab error.
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4.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 48 years experience
Confusing question: DTaP,TdaP and dT are all commercially available forms of vaccine that have the diphtheria toxoid component. No one uses the diphtheria toxin for anyth... Read More
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3.8k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Milton Alvis, jranswered
Preventive Medicine 43 years experience
Only the organisms: which grew in the culture media over the next few days. Does this mean these organisms were dominant within the wound? No. Just ones which grew in cul... Read More
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3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Dr. Oscar Novickanswered
Pediatrics 60 years experience
Bradycardia: Diphtheria can cause myocarditis at the time of the illness. This in turn can cause bradycardia. However after all these years your bradycardia is pr... Read More
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5.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Holly Maesanswered
Pediatrics 38 years experience
Early 50's: The vaccine was first made available in the United States. That happened in 1945, and it almost immediately became routinely used in the US. Although ... Read More
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3.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hunter Handsfieldanswered
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
Negative test: This is a negative result. The urine specimen was contaminated with entirely normal skin or vaginal bacteria. This occurs when the urine is not a care... Read More
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1.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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