Diphtheria
A Gram-positive bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It usually involves the oral cavity, pharynx, and nasal cavity. Patients develop pseudomembranes in the affected areas and manifest signs and symptoms of an upper respiratory infection. The diphtheria toxin may cause myocarditis, polyneuritis, and other systemic effects.
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The membrane of Dipheria is adherent and bleeds on removing and is unlikely to be expecturated enmass. Psudomembrane is an exudate with more of fibrin and does not bleed on detaching . So technically a pseudomembrane can be spotted out in ...
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