ON TWO RAPIDLY FATAL CASES OF DIPHTHERITIC PARALYSIS.

The Pathogenesis of Diphtheritic Paralysis

perimental observers have regarded the nervous complications of diphtheria as the result of selective hematogenous toxaemia of the nervous system. Other hypotheses have also been put forward, e.g., Mendel attributed the palatal paralysis to the fact that the nerves of this structure were bathed in toxin from the neighbouring infectiye focus; Babonneix and others hold that the process is of the ...

Notes of Cases of Diphtheritic Paralysis, with Remarks

who was suffering from motor paralysis of the lower extremities. The loss of power was not absolute, for the child could stand when supported by some one. The symptoms had been in existence for about a week, and had supervened gradually. First, unsteadiness and a liability to stumble readily, and, afterwards, progressive difficulty in locomotion, were observed. No paralysis, or paresis, of any ...

Febrile Illness with Rapidly Fatal Cases: Inquiry into Outbreaks of

Sixteen Cases of Recurrent Hypokalemic Paralysis

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Detection of Diphtheritic Polyneuropathy by Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance, India

Diphtheritic polyneuropathy is a vaccine-preventable illness caused by exotoxin-producing strains of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. We present a retrospective convenience case series of 15 children (6 girls)<15 years of age (mean age 5.2 years, case-fatality rate 53%, and 1 additional case-patient who was ventilator dependent at the time of last follow-up; median follow-up period 60 days) with si...