DIPHTHERIA INFECTION OF ANTRUM

Abstract

To the Editor: —InThe Journal, October 2, under Queries and Minor Notes, a physician in Connecticut inquires regarding a diphtheria infection in the antrum of Highmore. In 1924, I had a similar case. The patient was superintendent of public schools in a nearby town. Cultures sent to the state laboratory were pronounced nonvirulent, which probably accounted for the fact that there were no contact cases. The infection was resistant to washings but cleared up promptly after the making of adequate drainage under the turbinate and the use of diphtheria antitoxin directly into the antrum.