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Treatment: Persons with suspected diphtheria should be given antibiotics and antitoxin in adequate dosage and placed in isolation after a provisional clinical diagnosis is made, and appropriate cultures are obtained. Respiratory support and airway maintenance should be administered as needed. Antibiotic treatment is with erythromycin orally or by injection (40 mg/kg/day; maximum, 2 gm/day) for ... ................
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