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| History of Illness | Description of Specimen | Comment |
This specimen shows the trachea and major bronchi of a six-year old child who died of diphtheria, an infectious disease preventable by immunisation. The mucosa has been damaged by a toxin produced by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which causes diphtheria.