Diphtheria
Diphtheria is a serious communicable bacterial disease that causes severe inflammation of the nose, throat and windpipe (trachea). It is caused by the bacterium, Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
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Diphtheria is an acute bacterial disease that usually affects the tonsils, throat, nose or skin.
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Diphtheria is a communicable disease caused by infection with Corynebacterium diphtheriae, typically presenting as respiratory tract infection in temperate climates and as cutaneous infection in the tropics.
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Diphtheria: An acute infectious disease that typically strikes the upper respiratory tract including the throat. It is caused by infection with the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Symptoms include sore throat and mild fever at first.
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Diphtheria is a contagious bacterial infection that mainly affects the nose and throat. Less commonly, it can also affect the skin.
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DIPHTHERIA is an acute contagious disease which, on account of its pre valence, its gravity, its consequences, and the frequency with which it is met with in the child, ...
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Cutaneous diphtheria is not uncommon in tropical areas, but is very uncommon in temperate regions.
Diphtheria - Symptoms
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What symptoms did you experience with diphtheria?
How is diphtheria transmitted?
The diphtheria bacterium can enter the body through the nose and mouth. However, it can also enter through a break in the skin.
What is Diphtheria?
Diptheria is caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diptheriae. Diptheria may be nasal, pharyngeal, laryngeal or cutaneous.
Who gets Diphtheria?
Diptheria occurs worldwide.
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(dfthr´), acute contagious disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Klebs-Loffler bacillus) bacteria that have been infected by a bacteriophage. It begins as a soreness of the throat with fever.
Diphtheria is a contagious infectious disease that primarily affects the upper respiratory tract (respiratory diphtheria), and it is characterized by sore throat, fever, and an adherent membrane (pseudomembrane) on the tonsils and nasopharynx.
Diphtheria vaccine protects children against diphtheria. The diphtheria vaccine is usually given in one injection that also contains tetanus and acellular pertussis (whooping cough) -- DTaP.
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Diphtheria can also be transmitted by skin-to-skin contact.
Where does diphtheria occur?
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Pronounced (dif-THEER-ee-a)
Diphtheria causes a thick covering in the back of the throat. It can lead to breathing problems, paralysis, heart failure, and even death.
false diphtheria
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Diphtheria is a very serious and contagious illness that significantly affects breathing. In some countries, like the US, cases of diphtheria are extremely rare because of vaccination.
Diphtheria is a suddenly occurring, contagious and infectious disease due to the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae and its very strong toxin.
WHAT ARE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DIPHTHERIA?
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Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection, usually affecting your nose and throat. The disease, which can be fatal, typically causes a bad sore throat, fever, swollen glands and weakness.
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Diphtheria, as at present understood, may be defined as sore throat in which the bacillus is found; if it cannot be found, the illness is regarded as something else, unless the clinical symptoms are quite unmistakable.
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Diphtheria Respiratory disease transmitted by droplet and airborne transmission. Can interfere with swallowing; if not treated can result in heart disease or paralysis.
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This is a serious infection of the throat and lungs caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The bacteria also make a poison (toxin) which can affect the heart and nervous tissue.
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Diphtheria is a disease produced by the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus. Diphtheria is unusual in that after infection it does not spread in the body, but the bacillus remains at the site of its primary invasion.
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Diphtheria is an acute and highly contagious bacterial infection that mainly affects the nose and throat.
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Diphtheria is a highly contagious and life-threatening infection caused by bacteria. The infection most commonly attacks the mucus membranes associated with the breathing system (the tonsils, throat, and nose) and can also infect the skin.
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Diphtheria is a very serious bacterial disease that can make a person unable to breathe, cause paralysis, or even heart failure.
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diphtheria - a serious, infectious disease that produces a toxin (poison) and an inflammation in the membrane lining of the throat, nose, trachea, and other tissues.
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Diphtheria: An acute infectious disease acquired by contact with an infected person or a carrier of the disease.
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SYMPTOMS"It begins with sore throat and fever. Frequently a dirty, white or grayish, membrane forms in the throat or nose, or both.
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