The Pathology of Diphtheria
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- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 181 (s1) , S116-S120
Abstract
Diphtheria is an acute, communicable disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The disease is generally characterized by local growth of the bacKeywords
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