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DIPHTHERIA
Diphtheria, an airborne disease
 One way to identify this bacterium is by its
storage granules
Storage granules of a bacterium
 Another way to identify the diphtherial
bacterium is by its pleomorphic shapes and
its palisade (picket fence) arrangement of its
cells
Diphtherial bacteria
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
 THE OFTEN FATAL OUTCOME FROM
DIPHTHERIA IS SUFFICATION DUE TO
THE FORMATION OF A
PSEUDOMEMBRANE IN THE THROAT.
Pseudomembrane of Diphtheria
Pathogenesis of Exotoxins