Abstract
Summary The case of a 23-year-old white female who presented a frosty-white markedly adherent uterine cervical membrane is reported. The organisms cultured were morphologically Corynebacterium diphtheriae . Although virulence tests proved the organisms to be nontoxin producers, the administration of diphtheria antitoxin to the patient resulted in the disappearance of the cervical lesion. Study of the literature confirms the opinion that female genital diphtheria is rare. Not a single case of diphtheria confined to the cervix uteri was found. Every case of diphtheria should be given the benefit of careful study of the genitalia. Such studies in the past would have undoubtedly revealed some secondary infections which were overlooked.
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