Insights into treatment regimens and clinical outcomes for Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection in refugees across Europe

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00034565

Enrollment

250

Registered

2025-04-09

Start date

2025-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-04-27

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Conditions

A36.9

Interventions

Group 1: Retrospective, explorative data analysis of patients with evidence of C. diphtheriae in Europe. A RedCap survey is used to record the different treatment regimes in Europe in terms of treatme

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: microbiological detection of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Cases without confirmed Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Recording of treatment regimes for C. diphtheriae infections in the European outbreak 2021 - 2025	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Comparison of treatment regimes with e.g. WHO recommendations	—

Countries

Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactBenedikt Spielberger

Uniklinik Freiburg

benedikt.spielberger@uniklinik-freiburg.de+4976127043000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026