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Pediatrics Education and Research

Volume  10, Issue 2, May-August 2022, Pages 51-55
 

Review Article

Diphtheria in Children

Lavanya Ramakrishnan 1 , Amar Taksande 2 , Punam Uke 3 , R J Meshram 4

1 Resident, 2 Professor & Head, 3 ,4 Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha 442004, Maharashtra, India.

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DOI: DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/per.2321.1644.10222.5

Abstract

Diphtheria, an acute, communicable, and life-threatening disease has been on the verge of decline owing to rigorous vaccination in most parts of the world. However, certain crops of epidemics pop up, mostly in underdeveloped countries. There has been a paradigm shift in the epidemiology with more and more adults being afflicted with Diphthteria. Adults have also be known to develop more complication commonly associated with Diphtheria. Though on the decline, this disease is still associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In this article, we discuss in detail Diphtheria and review a few studies adding to our known literature about the disease.

Keywords: Diphtheria; Corynebacterium; Pseudomembrane; Diphtheria Toxin.


Keywords : Diphtheria; Corynebacterium; Pseudomembrane; Diphtheria Toxin.
Corresponding Author : Amar Taksande