Diphtheria The National Institute of Public Health (SZU) has reported a death due to diphtheria in an 82-year-old man from Prague. This is the first death due the disease reported in the Czech Republic since 1969. "The patient from Prague, who was fighting an infection in the Jihlava hospital, most likely had a neck form of infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The patient did not suffer from any other serious illness, he was an athlete and an actively living senior citizen. Therefore, diphtheria was probably the direct cause of death," said Kateřina Fabiánová, deputy head of the Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases of the SZÚ.
Czech Republic: Diphtheria and Pertussis
Czech Republic: Diphtheria and Pertussis
Czech Republic: Diphtheria and Pertussis
Diphtheria The National Institute of Public Health (SZU) has reported a death due to diphtheria in an 82-year-old man from Prague. This is the first death due the disease reported in the Czech Republic since 1969. "The patient from Prague, who was fighting an infection in the Jihlava hospital, most likely had a neck form of infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The patient did not suffer from any other serious illness, he was an athlete and an actively living senior citizen. Therefore, diphtheria was probably the direct cause of death," said Kateřina Fabiánová, deputy head of the Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases of the SZÚ.