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Case Report - Otolaryngology Online Journal (2012) Volume 2, Issue 4

The Return of the Strangler? Case Report Of a Fatal Case of Diphtheria

This article is a case report of a case of diphtheria which presented as diphtheritic tonsillitis in stridor and finally succumbed to diphtheritic myocarditis. Here we describe the case presentation, the treatment modalities undertaken, and the fatal course of events followed by an elaborate discussion on diphtheria

Author(s): Srikamakshi Kothandaraman Balasubramanian Thiagarajan, Seethalakshmi Narashiman

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