[Moot questions and rarely employed means of treatment for severe forms of diphtheria in adults].

The authors of the article consider the issue of employment of some treatment options for the grave forms of diphtheria and complications thereof in adult subjects to be a matter of debate and they report their experience gained with the use of rarely employed but efficient means of remediation. In diphtherial myocarditis concurrent with acute renal failure with a critical uncorrectable decline in myocardial contractility in spite of a progressive necrosis of the renal parenchyma due to an inadequate perfusion and toxic nephrosis an adrenomimetic drug (depamine) is to be prescribed. A ban on administration of glycosides is not to be regarded as a dogma.