title: Upper respiratory tract and cutaneous diphtheria.
abstract: With the global immunization programme of children there is a progressive decline in the number of diphtheria cases. It is a disease commonly affecting the children caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae usually affecting the mucous membrane of the nose, pharynx or larynx. Cutaneous diphtheria is a rare entity. We present a rare case of cutaneous diphtheria in a 15-year-old boy with nasal pharyngeal and laryngeal involvement. The patient developed anaphylactic reaction to antidiphtheritic serum (ADS) during treatment, all of which were managed successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of otolaryngology, 1st floor, Nethravathi building, Balmatta, Mangalore, Larnataka state India.
authors.forename: Kishore C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Vishnu
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kaniyur
authors.forename: Shalini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shenoy
authors.forename: Sampath C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Prasad
keywords: Diphtheria; Larynx and Cutaneous; Nose; Pharynx