In areas where it is still common, children are most affected.
In the United States, 57 cases were reported between 1980 and 2004.
The cause of Seurat's death is uncertain, and has been attributed to a form of meningitis, pneumonia, infectious angina, and/or (most probably)diphtheria. As far as I can find out diphtheria does not come in different types.
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In areas where it is still common, children are most affected.
In areas where it is still common, children are most affected.
In areas where it is still common, children are most affected.
can you die from Diphtheria?
Diphtheria baccili used to attack the throat very commonly. Where white patch could be seen on tonsils or nearby. It used to bleed when stripped off. (Very rarly a transparent membrane was there, making diagnosis very difficult.) Second place was larynx. Patient, usually child uesd to land up in emmergency room with chocked throat, gasping to breath. With emmerency tracheostomy, there used to be a violent cough, leading to expulsion of diphtheria membrane. Diphtheria patient used to come with 'toxic look', general toxicity signs and thredy pulse and low blood pressure, with all body systems affeced.
In areas where it is still common, children are most affected.
The virulence factor for diphtheria is an exotoxin named diphtheria exotoxin.
In areas where it is still common, children are most affected.
No, the noun 'diphtheria' is a common noun, a word for any instance of diphtheria.