A 5-year-old unimmunized child presented with high fever, sore throat, dysphagia & voice change. Throat swab from a whitish lesion showed the following diagnosis.: (A) Diphtheria, (B) Mumps, (C) Pertussis, (D) Streptococcal pharyngitis
Answer is A. a. DiphtheriaOn Albert staining, C. diphtheriae appears green colored rod shaped bacteria with bluish black metachromatic granules at the poles