In the past, this disease was known as influenzal meningitis, but with the newer conception of the etiology of influenza, the old nomenclature has been replaced by the term Pfeiffer bacillus meningitis. It is true that the virus of influenza may affect the nervous system and produce clinical manifestations of meningoencephalitis, but it is not known to give rise to a true inflammatory reaction ...

Received November 2007 Accepted March 2008 INTRODUCTION In 1964, Pfeiffer described an acrocephalosyndactyly syndrome consisting of bicoronal craniosynostosis, midface hypoplasia, broad thumbs, broad big toes, and partial and variable soft-tissue syndactyly of the hands and feet.(1) Autosomal dominant inheritance with complete penetrance is the main characteristic despite variable expressivity ...

Chiari I malformation may not be congenital, but may be acquired as a consequence of skull deformities and other associated intracranial factors in patients with craniosynostosis. Pfeiffer syndrome is one of the many conditions associated with Chiari I malformation. Premature fusion of multiple cranial sutures and cloverleaf skull (kleeblattschädel deformity) are often observed in the calvaria ...

The Acacia seyal Dell family Mimosaceaeis is known locally as Talha tree. Many medicinal uses such as treatment of dysentery, leprosy, colds, diarrhea, hemorrhage, ophthalmic, intestinal ailments, rheumatic pains, colds and fevers, have been attributed to this tree. Schistosomiasis, a water-borne parasitic disease caused by Schistosome(s) a genus of digenetic trematode worms, infects man and an...

OBJECTIVE To determine the types and frequency of airway anomalies in patients with Pfeiffer syndrome. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Academic tertiary care pediatric hospital. PARTICIPANTS Eleven patients with Pfeiffer syndrome, 6 of whom were severely affected, were identified. All were included in the study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Presence of tracheal anomalies, need for tr...

Written by noted aging expert Dr. Eric Pfeiffer, Caregiving in Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias provides comprehensive advice for individuals taking care of a loved one with dementia. Arranged in four parts, with each detailing a specific aspect of what it means to care for someone with dementia, Pfeiffer begins by describing what is required of someone taking on the caregiver role. In part two,...

The type status is described of 57 taxa from the superfamily Orthalicoidea in the collection of the Brussels museum. Two new species are described: Stenostylus perturbatussp. n., and Suniellus adrianisp. n. New lectotypes are designated for Bulimulus (Naesiotus) amastroides Ancey, 1887; Bulimulus blanfordianus Ancey, 1903; Bulimulus montivagus chacoensis Ancey, 1897; Bulimus coloratus Nyst, 184...