Division Clinical Criteria

Any person with at least one of the following clinical forms:

• Classic Respiratory Diphtheria:

  An upper respiratory tract illness with laryngitis or nasopharyngitis or tonsillitis

  AND

  an adherent membrane/pseudomembrane

• Mild Respiratory Diphtheria:

  An upper respiratory tract illness with laryngitis or nasopharyngitis or tonsillitis

  WITHOUT

  an adherent membrane/pseudomembrane.

• Cutaneous Diphtheria:

  Skin lesion

• Diphtheria of other sites:

  Lesion of conjunctiva or mucous membranes