"DIPHTHERIA IN LONDON."

Diphtheria

Gentlemen,?I have occasionally heard a man, about to read a paper upon some subject, commence by expressing his sense of his unfitness for the task he has undertaken. I have, I must confess, looked upon this appeal, ad misericordiam, with much suspicion, believing the writer, did he not in his own heart believe himself particularly well-fitted for the work, would not have undertaken it. To-day,...

Diphtheria

OPTIMIZATION OF DIPHTHERIA TOXOID PRECIPITATION BY USING SATURATED AMMONIUM SULPHATE IN ORDER TO IMPROVE DIPHTHERIA VACCINE

سابقه و هدف: کورینه باکتریوم دیفتریه باکتری هوازی و بی­هوازی اختیاری است. مهم­ترین گونه از خانواده کورینه ‌باکتریاها، عامل بیماری دیفتری است که به ­وسیله توکسین خود، بیماری دیفتری را ایجاد می­کند. آمونیم ­سولفات نمکی معدنی است که از آن برای ترسیب و خالص­سازی پروتئین ها استفاده می­شود که با افزایش مقدار نمک حلالیت پروتئینی کم شده و پروتئین ­ها به­ واسطه قطعه­ های هیدروفوب خود، به­هم پیوسته و رسو...

Diphtheria in an Institution

For several years we have had frequent small outbreaks of diphtheria. In *924, there were fifteen apparently separate outbreaks with a total of twenty eases, and in the early part of 1925, there were at different times six patients <ind eleven members of the staff down with mild attacks of the same thing. Of the whole thirty-seven cases, only two were serious, but it was obvious that at any tim...

Glycosuria in Diphtheria

(1) There is a transitory glycosuria in diphtheria, which is found frequently in the severe cases and is usually present in the fatal ones. (2) This glycosuria is often associated with albuminuria. (3) Injections of diphtheria antitoxin are occasionally followed for a few days by a slight glycosuria.