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... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections > Actinomycetales Infections > Corynebacterium Infections > Diphtheria

Preferred term

Diphtheria  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infection
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae Infections
  • Infection, Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Note

  • caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Scope note

  • A localized infection of mucous membranes or skin caused by toxigenic strains of CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE. It is characterized by the presence of a pseudomembrane at the site of infection. DIPHTHERIA TOXIN, produced by C. diphtheriae, can cause myocarditis, polyneuritis, and other systemic toxic effects.

In other languages

  • kurkkumätä

    Finnish

  • difteri
  • difteria
  • diphteria
  • diphtheria
  • diphtheria non specificata
  • määrittämätön kurkkumätä
  • ospecificerad difteri
  • Difteri

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004165

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