Diphtheria case detection and copyright study of close contacts: A step towards diphtheria eradication
Introduction: Diphtheria is an infectious disease caused by gram-positive bacilli C.diphtheriae involving nasal, pharyngeal, tonsillar, or laryngeal mucus membranes.The mortality rate is as high as 20%, with India contributing almost 78% of the world incidence.Aims and Objectives: We report a fatal case of nasopharyngeal diphtheria with copyright s