A Gram-positive bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It usually involves the oral cavity, pharynx, and nasal cavity. Patients develop pseudomembranes in the affected areas and manifest signs and symptoms of an upper respiratory infection. The diphtheria toxin may cause myocarditis, polyneuritis, and other systemic effects. [ NCIT:P378 ]

Synonyms: Corynebacterium infection

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Term information

database cross reference
  • DOID:11405 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • EFO:0005549 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • ICD9:032.9 (MONDO:i2s)
  • UMLS:C0012546 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • MEDGEN:4334 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • NCIT:C34541 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • ICD9:032 (EFO:0005549)
  • Orphanet:1679 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • ICD10CM:A36 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • GARD:1875 (MONDO:GARD)
  • MedDRA:10013023 (Orphanet:1679/e)
  • SCTID:397428000 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • MESH:D004165 (Orphanet:1679/e)
  • ICD10CM:A36.3 (Orphanet:1679/btnt)
Subsets

ordo_disorder, gard_rare, otar, rare, nord_rare, orphanet_rare

closeMatch

http://identifiers.org/meddra/10013023

conformsTo

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/patterns/infectious_disease_by_agent.yaml

exactMatch

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_1679

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11405

http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0012546

http://identifiers.org/medgen/4334

http://identifiers.org/mesh/D004165

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C34541

http://identifiers.org/snomedct/397428000

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/ICD10CM/A36

id

MONDO:0005504

seeAlso

https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/1875/diphtheria