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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.
Cutaneous diphtheria, caused by either toxigenic or nontoxigenic strains of C. diphtheriae, is usually mild, typically consisting of nondistinctive sores or shallow ulcers, and rarely causes toxic complications (1%-2% of infections with toxigenic strains).iphtheria antitoxin is currently available for treatment of clinical cases of respiratory diphtheria in the United States only through CDC under an FDA-approved Investigational New Drug protocol.