PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 5 Diseases Caused by Gram-Positive Bacteria
138 Diphtheria and Other Infections Caused by Corynebacteria and Related Species
 | Figure 138-1 Respiratory diphtheria due to toxigenic C. diphtheriae producing exudative pharyngitis in a 47-year-old woman with neck edema and a pseudomembrane extending from the uvula to the pharyngeal wall. The characteristic white pseudomembrane is caused by diphtheria toxin–mediated necrosis of the... |
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 | Figure 138-2 Cutaneous diphtheria due to nontoxigenic C. diphtheriae on the lower extremity. (From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.) |
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