A child is suffering from high fever, grey coating in the throat and suffocation in respiratory tract. Which disease do these symptoms indicate in your option? Name the causative agent of the disease.

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The symptoms indicate that the child is suffering from diphtheria, which is caused due to the bacterium Corynebacterium diptheriae.

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