Catalog

Diphtheritic cardiomyopathy

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Link to WHO Definition

Diphtheritic cardiomyopathy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/811650032

This is an upper respiratory tract illness caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium, causing measurable deterioration of the function of the myocardium (the heart muscle), usually leading to heart failure.