DIPHTHERIA: STATE-OF-THE-ART. PART 1

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9
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2016

E. Fokina, Candidate of Medical Sciences Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection of and Human Welfare, Moscow

Diphtheria is an acute anthropozoonotic disease. The paper considers the etiology of the infection and modes of its transmission; current views on the clinical picture and pathogenesis of the infection, and a basic approach to its treatment.

Keywords: 
infectious diseases
diphtheria
etiology
pathogenesis
therapeutic approaches



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