Zinc sulphate and bedsores.

Abstract

gations: chest x-ray normal; Hb 55%; W.B.C. 7,100 with normal diffierential; iron deficiency on the blood film; E.S.R. 138 mm. in one hour; Paul-Bunnell test negative.Blood culture revealed Haemophilus influenzae type B sensitive to all the usual antibiotics except sulphonamide.This child was treated with ampicillin and made a good recovery.My point in recording this case history is to emphasize that septicaemia due to Haemo- philus influenzae may not be as rare as we had thought and one can easily envisage such a child as I have mentioned developing osteomyelitis due to this organism.-Iam, etc.,