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

If they have once committed themselves to the expression of the opinion that antitoxin is of no value, then no amount of evidence will succeed in changing their opinion.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin