ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Other bacterial diseases
1C17 — Diphtheria
1C17.2 — Laryngeal diphtheria
ICD-11 1C17.2 — Laryngeal diphtheria
localised infection of mucous membranes of the larynx caused by toxigenic strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae; it is characterised by the presence of a pseudomembrane at the site of infection; diphtheria toxin, produced by C. diphtheriae, can cause myocarditis, polyneuritis, and other systemic toxic effects.
It includes 1 item.
- Diphtheritic laryngotracheitis
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.