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case_images: Chest roentgenogram upon admission. Frontal chest roentgenogram revealed extensive bilateral diffuse pulmonary infiltrations, left greater than right.
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case_images: A chest roentgenogram revealed extensive bilateral diffuse pulmonary infiltrations (Fig. 1).
case_images: Tracheobronchial membranes at autopsy. Autopsy findings revealed numerous diphtheritic membrane formations (arrowheads) extended down into the larynx and further obstructing the distal tracheobronchial tree.
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case_images: Autopsy findings revealed numerous diphtheritic membrane formations extended down into the larynx and further obstructing the distal tracheobronchial tree (Fig. 2).
case_images: Strains of corynobacterium diphtheriae on a smear. A Giemsa stain (original magnification x 1000) of visceral hemorrhagic necrotic lesions was associated with numerous strains of corynobacterium diphthetiae, producing the typical club-shaped appearance and distributed in a typical Chinese-letter appearance on the smear (arrows).
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case_images: Membrane formations and visceral hemorrhagic necrotic lesions were associated with numerous strains of corynobacterium diphtheriae (producing the typical club-shaped appearance and distributed in a typical Chinese-letter appearance on the smear) (Fig. 3).