Syahrir Pasaribu
Department of Child Health, Universitas Sumatera Utara Medical School/Dr. Pirngadi General Hospital, Medan, North Sumatera

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Conjunctival Diphtheria Syahrir Pasaribu
Paediatrica Indonesiana Vol 33 No 5-6 (1993): May - June 1993
Publisher : Indonesian Pediatric Society

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Abstract

Three cases of conjunctival diphteria in 3 siblings of one family with the ages of 7 months, 6 and 8 years bad been reported. These children bad never obtained complete D1P immunization, one of them bad been once immunized with D1P. General signs encountered were conjunctival hyperemia, ocular secretion and palpebral edema. A relationship between length of ailment with appearance of clinical symptom and severity of the disease was noted. Myocarditis as a complication was found in one case. Treatment in this series consisted of intravenous anti diphtheria serum (ADS) and intramuscular procain penicillin.