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diphtheria²an upper respiratory tract illness characterized by sore throat, low-grade fever, and an adherent membrane of the tonsil(s), pharynx, and/or nose. Diphtheria is a rapidly developing, acute, febrile infection that involves both local and systemic pathology. A local lesion develops in the upper respiratory tract and involves necrotic injury to epithe [..]
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