Diphtheria vaccine

Diphtheria vaccine
Vaccine description
Target disease	Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Type	Toxoid
Identifiers
CAS number	?
ATC code	J07AF01
PubChem	?
Therapeutic considerations
Pregnancy cat.	?
Legal status
Routes	Intramuscular injection

Diphtheria vaccine is a vaccine used against Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the agent that causes diphtheria.^[1]

It is a component of the DPT vaccine.

References

1. ^ "MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Diphtheria immunization (vaccine)". http://www.nlm.nih.gov/MEDLINEPLUS/ency/article/002018.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 

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