What's the difference between diphtheria and diphtheritic?
Diphtheria
Definition:
(n.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group.
Example Sentences:
(1) The receptor-mediated internalization and degradation of radiolabeled diphtheria toxin by cultured monkey kidney cells was studied.
(2) Efforts made to measure the successful immunologic conquest of diphtheria are compared and contrasted with efforts being made to conquer diseases of allergic origin.
(3) Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests were developed to detect IgG antibodies to diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis in a healthy New Zealand population.
(4) A group of alcoholics constituted the reservoir of Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
(5) The ultrastructural features of demyelination in viral leukoencephalomyelitis of goats were compared with those described for demyelination that occurs in multiple sclerosis, experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, canine distemper encephalomyelitis, and that produced by diphtheria toxin.
(6) This unique physiological situation was created by crossing IGF-I Tg mice to GH-deficient, dwarf mice in whom somatotrophs were genetically ablated by the expression of a diphtheria toxin transgene in the somatotrophs.
(7) Data are presented to show that the adoption of such methods would increase the information available from each animal and so reduce the number of animals required for the satisfactory standardization of diphtheria and tetanus vaccines.
(8) Since the importation of toxin-producing diphtheria bacteria is unavoidable and may occur at all times, universal active immunisation in childhood, as well as timely revaccination of adolescents and adults, are mandatory prophylactic measures to prevent new epidemics.
(9) In this paper we describe a new assay for diphtheria toxin in bacterial cultures, based on a sandwich-dot immunobinding method.
(10) A sample of 643 healthy subjects from central Italy aged 20 to 80, were screened for diphtheria antitoxin.
(11) Diphtheria toxoid, which is an important vaccine in the expanded program of immunization (EPI) in the developing countries, was microencapsulated using poly(D,L,-lactide) of 49,000 molecular weight and the in-water drying technique.
(12) A cohort of close to 70 children born in 1967-68 was followed for estimations of serum antitoxin levels against diphtheria.
(13) The chimeric protein consists of the V alpha region of the T-cell receptor of a diphtheria toxoid-specific human T-cell clone fused to a human immunoglobulin kappa light chain constant (C) region.
(14) An account is given of two separate outbreaks of diphtheria amongst mentally subnormal patients and nursing staff.
(15) It was concluded that the diphtheria toxoids in the two doses of 2 Lf and 6.25 Lf did not induce a satisfactory immune response.
(16) Healthy 17- to 24-month-old children, previously immunized with three doses of whole-cell diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine, were enrolled in a multi-center double-blind, randomized study comparing a DTP vaccine with an acellular pertussis-component (APDT) and a conventional whole-cell pertussis-component DTP vaccine.
(17) Not one of the 12 patients had been satisfactorily immunized by active inoculation with diphtheria toxoid.
(18) In consideration of new findings about the serum antibody level to diphtheria toxin in the population of the GDR the speciality in this case is described.
(19) Two prospective clinical trials of Hib polyribosyl ribitol phosphate conjugated with diphtheria toxoid (PRP-D) were identified.
(20) We studied the effect of carnitine supplementation in patients with diphtheria.
Diphtheritic
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, diphtheria.
(a.) Having characteristics resembling those of diphtheria; as, diphtheritic inflammation of the bladder.
Example Sentences:
(1) Twelve previously recorded cases of diphtheritic sepsis and endocarditis are reviewed.
(2) The present studies document the hypothesis that the defect in myocardial carnitine, directly assayed, could be repleted in diphtheritic guinea pigs to whom carnitine was administered intraperitoneally.
(3) As far as the authors are aware, this is one of the few cases of neurophysiological and clinical follow-up in a British subject with diphtheritic peripheral neuropathy.
(4) The rhythm disorders had occurred in the setting of chronic sinoatrial disease (3 cases), acute myocardial infarction (2 cases), and diphtheritic myocarditis (1 case).
(5) This case illustrates the potential value of electrical pacing in diphtheritic myocarditis.
(6) The previously reported relation between myocarditis and tonsillitis not of diphtheritic or beta-hemolytic streptococcal origin was discussed, as well as the implications for management.
(7) Diphtheritic skin lesions are known to be relatively common in tropical as opposed to temperate climates, but the possible presence of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in skin lesions has not been investigated in East Africa, where classical diphtheria cases are rare.
(8) Gross lesions in the crops ranged from slithtly-thickened lining folds to a thick necrotic diphtheritic membrane covering the entire inside surface.
(9) The maximal isometric force of the papillary muscles at various levels of resting tension indicated no significant difference between the control and the diphtheritic animals.
(10) Sympathetic and parasympathetic function and somatic nerve conduction were assessed in ten patients with diphtheritic neuropathy and 28 controls.
(11) Diphtheritic membrane (especially in the larynx), dyspnea, and leukocytosis were dire prognostic signs.
(12) As many as 11 children suffering from allergic diseases were vaccinated in 2 foci of diphtheritic infection.
(13) Observations included abundant tracheal mucus, epithelial ecchymoses, basement membrane haemorrhage and mucus covered diphtheritic membrane plaques.
(14) A defect in active transport of carnitine may be involved in the pathogenesis of some human myopathies characterized by excessive lipid storage and in diphtheritic cardiomyopathy.
(15) Nine children with diphtheritic ventricular tachycardia ranging in age from 2 to 11 years (mean 6.5 years) were observed and followed up until their terminal state.
(16) Fowlpox virus was recovered from both cutaneous and diphtheritic lesions.
(17) A patient with diphtheritic neuropathy was investigated with repeated tests of parasympathetic and sympathetic vasomotor and sudomotor functions for one year after the onset of symptoms.
(18) A 41-year-old male patient with post-diphtheritic laryngeal deformity and an extensive upper tracheal stenosis is presented.
(19) With diphtheria, it was the identification of the causative bacillus by Klebs in 1883, leading finally to the development of diphtheria toxoid by Ramon in 1923, which resulted in the disappearance of diphtheritic heart disease.
(20) At postmortem examination, a diphtheritic membrane covered ulcerated cecal mucosa.