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Diphtheria - Coggle Diagram

- - - - formed from thickened oozing fluid in the throat
      - made of intracellular fluid, blood-clotting factors, leucocytes, bacteria, remains of dead pharyngeal & laryngeal cells
- - - - polypeptide synthesis prevented
      - causes cell death
        
        dead cells, intracellular fluid and inflammatory cells leak from damaged tissues
        
        formation of thick, gray and adherent pseudomembrane in the throat
        
        causes
        
        airway obstruction
        
        causes
        
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- - - - toxin test (Elek test)
- - - - neutralize toxin before it binds to cell