Health · Public Health & Disease · 11 hrs ago
22-year-old with diphtheria in serious condition in Padua; 100 contacts receive preventive treatment
A 22-year-old man from Bangladesh is seriously ill with diphtheria and is being treated in isolation at a hospital in Padua, Italy.
Doctors gave him antitoxin on Saturday, started antibiotic treatment and are closely monitoring him; laboratory tests confirmed the infection on Sunday, October 11.
The local public health service identified 100 people who had contact with him, including close contacts and people he met at work.
Those contacts have begun a week of preventive antibiotics.
Diphtheria is a rare but potentially severe bacterial infection that can affect the throat and, in serious cases, harm the heart and nerves.
It spreads mainly through droplets from coughing, sneezing or talking, and vaccination is the main way to prevent it.
The man remains in hospital for treatment and monitoring, while the 100 contacts complete their preventive course.
A 22-year-old man with diphtheria is in serious condition and isolated at the Padua University Hospital.
He is receiving antibiotic treatment and remains under close clinical monitoring.
Health officials identified 100 people who had contact with him and started a week of preventive antibiotic treatment for them.
The patient, who came from Bangladesh, received antitoxin serum before the infection was microbiologically confirmed.
- Who
- A 22-year-old man from Bangladesh and 100 people who had contact with him.
- What
- The man is hospitalized with diphtheria in serious condition; the 100 contacts are receiving preventive antibiotics.
- When
- The infection was confirmed on Sunday, October 11. The antitoxin serum was given on Saturday.
- Where
- The man is being treated at Padua University Hospital in Padua, Italy.
- Why
- The contacts were given preventive treatment after an epidemiological investigation traced people exposed to the patient.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The patient received antitoxin serum as a preventive measure.
Microbiological testing confirmed the diphtheria infection.
Health officials traced 100 contacts and started a week of preventive antibiotic treatment for them.
- Patient
- 22-year-old man from Bangladesh
- Hospital
- Padua University Hospital, Padua
- Condition
- Serious; in isolation
- Contacts
- 100 people identified
- Preventive treatment
- Antibiotics for one week
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