Transcript Diphtheria
DIPHTHERIA
Diphtheria, an airborne disease
One way to identify this bacterium is by its
storage granules
Storage granules of a bacterium
Another way to identify the diphtherial
bacterium is by its pleomorphic shapes and
its palisade (picket fence) arrangement of its
cells
Diphtherial bacteria
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
THE OFTEN FATAL OUTCOME FROM
DIPHTHERIA IS SUFFICATION DUE TO
THE FORMATION OF A
PSEUDOMEMBRANE IN THE THROAT.
Pseudomembrane of Diphtheria
Pathogenesis of Exotoxins