[Severe diphtheria with acute myocardial infarction (author's transl)].
Report on a female patient with severe diphtheria and electrocardiographic changes of acute myocardial infarction. Cases of such a kind seem to be seldom, as a review of international literature shows.
D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004166:Diphtheria Antitoxin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use
D004166:Diphtheria Antitoxin; D010406:Penicillins; D007545:Isoproterenol; D006854:Hydrocortisone
Schwere Diphtherie mit akutem Myokardinfarkt.