antitoxin

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There is an antitoxin that doctors can give.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024

As diphtheria - a serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection - spread among Nome's people, its port was icebound, meaning antitoxin would have to be delivered overland.

From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2023

In February 1925, in the midst of a diphtheria outbreak, a relay of sled dog teams delivered an emergency supply of antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, which had been isolated by snow.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

So even if this approach works, patients will likely also need the approved antitoxin treatment to remove toxin from the blood.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 6, 2021

Here it is difficult to remove the cause, but many cases can be cured and almost all are alleviated be means of a special antitoxin applied locally.

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