Talk:Diphtheria
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[edit] Information still missing
As an amateur I do not know the correct initial (or empirical) treatment for diphteria. Could anyone enlighten? JFW | T@lk 12:33, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I just edited the history section. I'm surprised there was no mention of the vaccine, so I added that and a chart demonstrating the death rates recorded in the United States. I know it's messy, my apologies for being footnote impaired, hopefully someone who understood the wikipedia footnoting page will be along. Uncleosbert (talk) 20:11, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] wht part of the population those the dipheria
It is virtually non-existent in Western countries as a result of vaccination. In Eastern Europe it is more common at the moment, and affects the low socio-economic. JFW | T@lk 21:41, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] according to the Treatment
the treatment of case or carriers:
if diphtheria is strongly suspected clinically ; antitoxins should given immediately after bacteriologic specimen without waiting the results
1.serotherapy : single dose 20.000-100.000 Iμ is given I.M or I.V depending on the severity of the disease.
2.Penicillin or Erythromycin is given with antitoxic sera :
-procain penicillin (25.000-50.000 μ kg/day) for children and 102 million with maximums 2gm/day for adults in two doses -Parental Erythromycin 40-50 mg/kg/day for 14 days
[edit] Pronunciation
I removed the pronunciation from the article because it looked to me like an attempt at prescriptivism against the [pθ] pronunciation. I considered putting in both variants, but since there's dialectal (and theoretical) variation as to how to transcribe the second vowel, and since it's really not an irregular word that you'd need to be told the pronunciation for anyway, I decided it's better just to leave it out entirely. --Ptcamn 11:55, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fact-check
Removed from Treatment section:
You shouldn't take any medications containing lysoliam in them if you have diptheria.
Reference? What is "lysoliam" referring to? Tearlach 09:08, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Membrane
What is the nature of the "pseudomembrane?" Is it a thick film of bacterial cells, or something secreted by the bacteria? Or is it some sort of defense mechanism created by the body? Why does it form a film? I would be interested if some kind medical person could add these details. -- 125.236.160.136 (talk) 08:23, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] new learner
i am a student doing a project for health and i was assigned diphtheria as my infectuous disease.i know nothing about the topic and would appreciate help if you have any information on the topic you would like to share with me please leave a message!Mustanglearner93 (talk) 21:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] more links
Seems like this article could link to "Jim"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_horse_named_Jim
68.239.133.217 (talk) 02:27, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
