Skin diphtheria

Skin diphtheria is a diphtheria bacterium that invades a skin wound or is infected by diphtheria itself in the nose, pharynx, and larynx. Acute patients often develop diphtheria in the larynx or other parts, while chronic patients generally have only skin symptoms. The clinical manifestations are ulcers with off-white pseudomembrane on the skin.

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