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Diphtheria (from Greek: Î´Î¹ÏÎ¸Î­ÏÎ± diphthera, meaning leather) is an infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae.Signs and symptoms may vary from mild to severe. They usually start two to five days after exposure.Symptoms often come on fairly gradually beginning with a sore throat and fever.iphtheria (from Greek: Î´Î¹ÏÎ¸Î­ÏÎ± diphthera, meaning leather) is an infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Signs and symptoms may vary from mild to severe.
The case-fatality rate for diphtheria has changed very little during the last 50 years. The overall case-fatality rate for diphtheria is 5%â10%, with higher death rates (up to 20%) among persons younger than 5 and older than 40 years of age.Before there was treatment for diphtheria, the disease was fatal in up to half of cases. The incubation period of diphtheria is 2-5 days (range, 1-10 days).Diphtheria can involve almost any mucous membrane. For clinical purposes, it is convenient to classify diphtheria into a number of manifestations, depending on the site of disease:iphtheria once was a major cause of illness and death among children. The U.S. recorded 206,000 cases of diphtheria in 1921, resulting in 15,520 deaths. Starting in the 1920s, diphtheria rates dropped quickly in the U.S. and other countries that began widely vaccinating.