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765. ROSENZWEIG, A. 



Bactifebrin therapy of acute encephalo-radiculo-neuritis and Landry- 

 Guillain-Barre syndrome, poliomyelitis acuta anterior and herpes zoster 



Confin. neurol. (Basle) ll:227-2lj-0, 195I (in English) 



Prompt improvement followed the use of bactifebrin in Guillain-Barre 

 syndrome (22 cases), lymphocytic meningitis (l? cases) and herpes zoster 

 (17 cases). In acute paralytic poliomyelitis improvement followed closely 

 after the injection, enduring some 2 to H hours. Pain was localized in 

 paralyzed muscles during the period of activity. The preparation is 

 therapeutically effective only wiien the lesions are situated in the proximal 

 intrameningeal portion of the peripheral neuron. Experimental infections 

 with "Teschen disease" (meningo-enceoplialomyelitis ensoo'tica suum) and 

 rabies in rabbit, guinea pig and mouse were not favorably altered by the 

 use of bactifebrin. Hyperpyrexia production did not influence results 

 obtained. 



766. SCHELLONG, F., and SOESTMEYER, T. 



Herdsuche durch Pyrifer (Search for infectious foci by use of pyrifer) 

 Deutsch. med. Wchnschr. 76:761-765, 1951 



Marked pain in infected internal organs was elicited by the intravenous 

 administration of O.5 cc. of I5E pyrifer. Localized pain, of a "grinding" 

 or "boring" nature , usually appeared within I5 hours after administration, 

 coninciding with the maximal temperature peak. The reliability of the 

 test was determined in suspected gallbladder and diiodenal disease, in 

 appendicitis, renal and gjniecologic conditions and in laryngeal and 

 dental infections. The localized pain elicited was not related to the 

 Shwartzman-Sanarelli phenomenon, but was considered to be an intense 

 neuro-vegetative stimulation in inflamed areas, with a marked reduction 

 of the threshold for pain. VJhile the method is contradicted in chronic 

 inflammation (as in tuberculosis), its value for differential diagnosis in 

 acute infection appears to be established. 



767. STAUDER, K. H. 



Uber die Dekompensation alter Hirnherde durch Infektionskranklieiten 

 (On decompensation of old brain lesions through infections) 



Arch. Psychiat. Nervenk. 187:165-176, 1951 



Infectious disease, but not nonspecific stimuli (pyrifer and other pyro- 

 genic substances) reactivated latent neurological syndromes (extrapyramidal 

 BJid jacksonian symptoms, hemianopsia, orbital muscle disorders). 



