On Belladonna in Pertussis

Belladonna Poisoning

Recently, a patient, aged 35 years, attended the out-patients' department one morning for swelling and pain of the right side of the scrotum of a couple of days' duration. There was no history of any venereal disease. There was a history, however, of a similar previous enlargement, two or three times years ago. The patient kept up a slight temperature. Bowels?constipated. Urine?normal. Diagnosi...

Belladonna and Blethers

Update on pertussis and pertussis immunization

Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory tract disease caused by Bordetella pertussis infection. The clinical manifestation of this infection can be severe enough to cause death. Although pertussis has been supposed to be a vaccine-preventable disease ever since the widespread vaccination of children against pertussis was started, since the 1990s, cases of pertussis and related fatalities a...

Regulation of pertussis toxin and lipopolysaccharide levels of Bordetella pertussis 134 in response to modulators

  Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious disease of the human respiratory tract, which is caused by Bordetella pertussis. Reemerge of pertussis in some highly immunized populations and divergency in gene order among several B. pertussis strains promoted this research to study the change of pertussis toxin (PT) and lipopolysacharide levels in response to the different environments. Th...

Atropa Belladonna intoxication: a case report

Atropa belladonna is a poisonous plant also called deadly nightshade. Its roots, leaves and fruits contain alkaloids: atropine, hyocyamine and scopolamine. The risk of poisoning in children is important because of possible confusion with other berries. Atropa belladonna acute intoxication is a severe condition, it's should be considered in the presence of anti-cholinergic toxidrome, the differe...