RT Book, Section
A1 Bishai, William R.
A1 Murphy, John R.
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1159153948
T1 Diphtheria and Other Corynebacterial Infections
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159153948
RD 2024/04/20
AB Diphtheria  is  a  nasopharyngeal  and  skin  infection  caused  by  Corynebacterium  diphtheriae.  Toxigenic  strains  of  C.  diphtheriae  produce  a  protein  toxin  that  causes  systemic  toxicity,  myocarditis,  and  polyneuropathy.  The  toxin  is  associated  with  the  formation  of  pseudomembranes  in  the  pharynx  during  respiratory  diphtheria.  While  toxigenic  strains  most  frequently  cause  pharyngeal  diphtheria,  nontoxigenic  strains  commonly  cause  cutaneous  disease.