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Klebs-Lœffler 4+Oidia 1 i.e., 1.05%
KIebs-Lœffler+ Pseudo-bacilli +
Streptococci 4- Staphylococci+thers
1 i.e., 1.05%
Klebs-Lœffler+ Staphylococci +
others 1 i.e., 105%
Klebs-Lœffler 4- Streptococci 4-
others 1 i.e., 105%
In 374 (i.e., 70.7 %) of the total number of throat samples
examined the Klebs-Lceffler bacilli were not isolated, but
other bacilli were as follow:—
Streptococci 18 i.e. 4-8 %
Pseudo-bacilli 1 i.e. 03%
Pseudo-bacilli4-others 162 i.e. 43'3 %
Staphylococci 128 i.e. 34 2 %
Streptococci4-Staphylococci 44 i.e. 11 "8 %
Streptococci+ Oidia 2 i.e. 0~5 %
Staphylococci + Oidia 7 i.e. 1*9 %
Micrococci 2 i.e. 0 5 %
Oidia 4- Streptococci 4- Staphy-
locci 10 i.e. 2 7%
The pseudo-bacilli (Hoffman) were found in pure cultivation
in only one instance, but in only three cases were
pseudo-bacilli and true diphtheria (Klebs-Loeffler) bacilli
found together. Pseudo-bacilli were found mixed with
streptococci (12 samples), with staphylococci (93), with
streptococci and staphylococci (49), with streptococci and
oidia (l),with staphylococci and o'idia (l),with streptococci,
staphylococci and oidia (5).
The pseudo-bacilli (Hoffman) are sometimes regarded as
a modified form of the Kleb-Lceffler bacilli, and if this be
so, the importance of isolating patients suffering with
pseudo-diohtheritic throats becomes apparent. The Lambeth