DIPHTHERIA
Diphtheria with marked swelling of the lymph nodes in the neck.
--Image courtesy of: Visual Red Book on CD-ROM --
--(2000 Red Book: 25th Edition, Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases)--
Child has Diphtheria with a thick gray coating over the back of the throat. The coating can eventually expand down through the airway and, if not treated, the child could die from suffocation.
----Image courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention --
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