“…The boy recovered after intensive treatment with blood transfusion, massive intravenous fluids, noradrenaline, hydrocortisone, and erythromycin. Christianson, Dacquisto, and Dobbs (1954) described a single patient who presented a similar clinical picture, also after the prolonged administration of chlortetracycline for pneumonia. Their patient received only massive intravenous fluids and erythromycin, and also recovered.…”