Approximately 1200 deaths per year have resulted from the ongoing diphtheria epidemic in the former Soviet Union which began in 1990 and is still going strong.

Scientific and medical article.

Information on this childhood disease and immunization against it.

Includes symptoms, cause, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prevention.

Emergency MD offers a clinical report on the respiratory form of diphtheria, including risk factors, common symptoms and treatments for this infectious disease.

A brief definition of diptheria, followed by links to overviews, research articles, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Includes cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prevention.

Features cause, symptoms and signs, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Factsheet with symptoms, cause, risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Directory of articles, news stories, and factsheets.

Presented is a case study of a 1½ years old male patient with diptheria.