(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.
Diphtheritis
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) From the morphological viewpoints, the lesion was a disease of the large intestine characterized by a pseudomembranous, croupous, or even diphtheric inflammation of the intestine and by a conspicuously small pyogenic component in the inflammatory exudate in propria mucosae.
(2) Hepatitis and diphtheric peptides were selected whereas the streptococcal peptide was rejected although it can experimentally contain a T epitope.
(3) This human monoclonal antibody may have a potential in the immunotherapy of diphtheric disease.
(4) Outbred guinea-pigs immunized with polyvalent vaccine containing streptococcal, diphtheric, P. knowlesi and hepatitis peptides raised high specific antibody response against the four specificities.
(5) This study deals with the ELISA for immunoglobulin G antibodies against diphtheric toxin in healthy children in kindergartens to determine the immunity status.
(6) The diagnosis of diphtheric myocarditis was done in clinical basis.
(7) The clinical manifestations of diphtheric croup may be unpronounced in such cases and be masked by other severe disease symptoms.
(8) In 33 human sera the determination of diphtheric antitoxic antibodies was performed in a double blind test using Jensen's method, the method of tissue cultures and the haemagglutination method.
(9) In the current study we analyzed clinical evolution and therapeutic aspects of malignant diphtheric myocarditis.
(10) Cardiac rhythm disturbances in diphtheric myocarditis are associated with high probability of necessity of temporary pacemaker and high mortality.
(11) Although the immunization program for children in Indonesia follows the WHO recommendation, in some areas high diphtheric morbidity rates still occur for children under 5 years of age.