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
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 Norman Duncan
