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Diphtheria &-; pair of leather scrolls," is an upper respiratory tract illness characterized by sore throat, low fever, and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity. A milder form of diphtheria can be restricted to the skin. It is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, an aerobic Gram-positive bacterium. Diphtheria causes the progressive deterioration of myelin sheaths in the central and peripheral nervous system leading to degenerating motor control...


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Are humans the only organism who can be infected by Diptheria?
I have to do a science paper and i need to know this and if...

Apparently humans are the only organism that naturally transmits the Diphtheria bacterium to other humans.

Asked by Patrick M - 7 months ago

what are the most common problems in nursing a diptheria patient?
Nursing problems regarding handling diptheria patients.

Respiratory diphtheria presents as a sore throat with low-grade fever and an adherent membrane of the tonsils, pharynx, or nose. Neck swelling is usually present in severe disease. Cutaneous diphtheria...

Asked by Dionisio M - 29 months ago

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    I am considering doing the diptheria vax only at 2 years old because of traveling to only get the diptheria vax? And is diptheria that deadly? After reading "what your doctor may

    Jul 03, 2008

  • Hepatitis A/B and Diptheria innoculations - 9 replies

    for prolonged travel stays. Diptheria is given along with tetanus and inactivated pertussis... last year so probably don't need to get the diptheria part. I had all the Hepatitis...

    Jul 27, 2008

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    Does anyone know if diptheria was rife in SMARDEN in the mid 1880s? I ask this because I have My gg-grandfather died of Diptheria on the 2nd of June 1896, his 11 year old daughter...

    Feb 22, 2008

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