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diphtheria

Disease Summary
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Mondo Description A Gram-positive bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It usually involves the oral cavity, pharynx, and nasal cavity. Patients develop pseudomembranes in the affected areas and manifest signs and symptoms of an upper respiratory infection. The diphtheria toxin may cause myocarditis, polyneuritis, and other systemic effects.
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0005504:  diphtheria
COHD:434568: 
EFO:0005549: 
GARD:0001875: 
ICD10:A36: 
ICD9:032.9: 
MESH:D004165: 
NCIT:C34541: 
Orphanet:1679: 
SCTID:397428000: 
UMLS:C0012546: