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

Dr. Park was responsible for helping mass-produce an antitoxin that served as a breakthrough in treating and preventing diphtheria, a disease that killed many of the small children and others who share his burial ground.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2021

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

But the injection of antitoxin is a “surgical operation” and therefore not provided for by the annual fee.

From Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman by Duncan, Norman