TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - DIPHTHERIA AND OTHER CORYNEBACTERIAL INFECTIONS
A1  - Bishai, William R.
A1  - Murphy, John R.
A2  - Kasper, Dennis L.
A2  - Fauci, Anthony S.
Y1  - 2017
N1  - 
T2  - Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e
AB  - Diphtheria  is  a  nasopharyngeal  and  skin  infection  caused  by  Corynebacterium  diphtheriae.  Toxigenic  strains  of  C.  diphtheriae  produce  a  protein  toxin  that  causes  systemic  toxicity,  myocarditis,  and  polyneuropathy.  The  toxin  is  associated  with  the  formation  of  pseudomembranes  in  the  pharynx  during  respiratory  diphtheria.  While  toxigenic  strains  most  frequently  cause  pharyngeal  diphtheria,  nontoxigenic  strains  commonly  cause  cutaneous  disease.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141407726
ER  -