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Upper respiratory tract and cutaneous diphtheria

Author(s) -

Kishore Chandra Prasad,

Vishnu Kaniyur,

Shalini Shenoy,

Sampath Chandra Prasad

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.229

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 2231-3796

pISSN - 0973-7707

DOI - 10.1007/bf03008025

Subject(s) - medicine , diphtheria , pharynx , otorhinolaryngology , larynx , corynebacterium diphtheriae , nose , respiratory tract , dermatology , upper respiratory tract infection , airway , head and neck surgery , diphtheria toxin , surgery , respiratory system , pathology , immunology , vaccination , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , toxin

With the global immunization programme of children there is a progressive decline in the number of diphtheria cases. It is a disease commonly affecting the children caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae usually affecting the mucous membrane of the nose, pharynx or larynx. Cutaneous diphtheria is a rare entity. We present a rare case of cutaneous diphtheria in a 15-year-old boy with nasal pharyngeal and laryngeal involvement. The patient developed anaphylactic reaction to antidiphtheritic serum (ADS) during treatment, all of which were managed successfully.

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