Microbiology: An Introduction
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Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
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Chapter 24, Problem 9MCQ
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Corynebacterium diphtheria is a gram positive, club shaped and non-endospore forming bacterium. It infects, persists in lysogenic phase and exhibit the exotoxin. It circulates in the blood and interferes in protein synthesis. Diphtheria infects the skin and causes lesions on skin. It causes infection through droplet transmission.
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