Lab Investigations Details

Diphtheria


Alternate Name:

Test:

Throat or nose culture (+), Schick test (+ in sus-ceptible people), WCC (H)

Sign:

Mydriasis, pseudomembrane

Dd:

Streptococcal URTI, Vincent's angina, glandular fever, leukaemia, thrush

Phys:

Caused by Colynebacterium diphtheriae