"An Observational Study on Association of Clinical Diagnosis of Diphtheria with Smear and Culture Test: A Tertiary Care Hospital, Jaipur".

Diphtheria is an acute infectious upper respiratory tract disease caused by toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheria and can lead to significant morbidity and mortality in all the age groups. Most of the time diagnosis of diphtheria is clinical. There may be a dirty white patch covering one or both tonsils on examination for which throat swabs are collected for Kleb's-Loeffler's Bacillus (KLB) by direct microscopy and for culture and sensitivity of the organism.

Spectrum of Neurological Outcomes in Diphtheria: A Case Series.

Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease caused by the exotoxin produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a gram positive bacteria. It has propensity to affect mainly cardiac muscle and nervous system. To study the percentage, spectrum of patients with various neurological complications and the pattern of recovery in followed up confirmed cases of diphtheria.

An Observational Study on Association of Clinical Outcome of Diphtheria Cases with Immunization Status: A Tertiary Care Hospital, Jaipur.

Background: Diphtheria is an important vaccine preventable disease with varied outcome from mild to death. It was observed that the outcome also gets affected with status of immunization. The outcome is relatively milder in immunized children.