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L. DELL HENRY, M.D.; HUGH A. KUHN, M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1939;30(6):991-992.

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Meningococcic coryza, or rhinitis, is a condition rarely seen. We are unable to find any reports in the literature. That meningococci are carried in the nasopharynx by a fair percentage of normal persons has been established by numerous American and English workers in surveys made both in the army and in civilian life. Bacteriologists and clinicians all report that the cultures must be taken high in the pharynx behind the soft palate. So to find a large number of meningococci in a nasal secretion is unexpected and unusual.

REPORT OF A CASE

A baby girl, 2 years old, was brought into the office by her mother, who gave a history of bleeding from the nose on several occasions in the past two weeks, accompanied by a profuse discharge and severe sneezing spells. Examination showed the temperature slightly elevated, and the nose was found to be full of mucoid material. There . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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HAMMOND, IND.

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