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Laryngopharyngeal Diphtheria: Still a Diagnosis in Indian Adults

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https://doi.org/10.5152/entupdates.2021.21047
Kumar Agarwal, V., Singh Bist, S., Kumar, L., & Dhasmana, G. (2021). Laryngopharyngeal Diphtheria: Still a Diagnosis in Indian Adults. ENT Updates, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.5152/entupdates.2021.21047
Volume 11 Issue 3 (2021)
Copyright (c) 2021 Vinish Kumar Agarwal, Sampan Singh Bist, Lovneesh Kumar, Gunjan Dhasmana
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Authors

  • Vinish Kumar Agarwal
    HIMS, Swami Rama HimalayanUniversity, Dehradun, India
  • Sampan Singh Bist HIMS, Swami Rama HimalayanUniversity, Dehradun, India
  • Lovneesh Kumar HIMS, Swami Rama HimalayanUniversity, Dehradun, India
  • Gunjan Dhasmana HIMS, Swami Rama HimalayanUniversity, Dehradun, India

Diphtheria is an acute, potentially fatal, and highly communicable bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. In India and the developing world, 100% immunisation is claimed against diphtheria through diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus (DPT) vaccination. Only a negligible number of cases are seen in the western world. In India, a few outbreaks of diphtheria has been reported among children. But it is rarely diagnosed in Indian adults. Diphtheria has high morbidity due to nerve damage and high mortality because of respiratory obstruction or myocardial complications. PubMed data base was searched for case reports in last 10 years for respiratory diphtheria in adults. Here we are presenting our case and a review on laryngopharyngeal diphtheria in adults.

Keywords:

Corynebacterium diphtheriae DPT vaccine respiratory obstruction myocardial complication Indian adults