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Diptheria
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A toxin producing strains of Corynebacterium diptheriae, diphtheria is of two types. It can be respiratory which presents as a sore throat with a low grade fever and an adherent membrane of tonsils, pharynx or nose or cutaneous which presents as an infected skin lesions which lack a characteristic in appearance.
This disease can now be easily prevented thru a vaccine called DPT (Diptheria, Pertussis and Tetanus). This vaccine is given in three doses during infancy. Due to the strength of this vaccine a child could have fever after vaccination. The vaccine may have side affects but this is only in very rare cases.