NON-DIPHTHERITIC PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS RHINITIS.

Non-Allergic Rhinitis

Autonomic dysfunction in diphtheritic neuropathy.

Sympathetic and parasympathetic function and somatic nerve conduction were assessed in ten patients with diphtheritic neuropathy and 28 controls. None of the patients had postural hypotension. The Valsalva ratio was abnormal in two patients who also had myocarditis, but it was normal in five cases. Cardiac vagal dysfunction was found in five patients. One case showed cardiac parasympathetic den...

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 ...

Pseudomembranous colitis

In 1978, C. difficile was identified as the causative agent of pseudomembranous colitis [1]. There has been a worldwide increase in the incidence and severity of C. difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) due to increased use of broad-spectrum antimicrobial, crowded hospital wards [2,3] and/or poor infection control [4,5]. Pseudomembranous colitis associated with antibiotic use may alter the balan...

Pseudomembranous Colitis

PMC has emerged, particularly in recent years, as a major and very expensive healthcare problem. Spores formed by the organism are implicated in spread of infection and have implications for hygiene and prevention of infection. C. difficile is an anaerobic Gram-positive rod which secretes two types of toxin (A and B), which cause disruption to the barrier function of the colonic mucosa. They ar...