HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE BACTEREMIA: REPORT OF TWO CASES RECOVERING FOLLOWING SULFATHIAZOLE AND SULFAPYRIDINE
Authors: Chester S. Keefer, Charles H. Rammelkamp
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Case Reports1 June 1942HEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE BACTEREMIA: REPORT OF TWO CASES RECOVERING FOLLOWING SULFATHIAZOLE AND SULFAPYRIDINECHESTER S. KEEFER, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES H. RAMMELKAMP, M.D.CHESTER S. KEEFER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, CHARLES H. RAMMELKAMP, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-16-6-1221 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecently we have observed two patients with Hemophilus influenzae bacteremia who recovered following chemotherapy. One patient had pneumonia and the other had a primary lesion in the biliary passages. Since H. influenzae infection of the bile passages was unique in our experience, we were stimulated to review the subject of H. influenzae bacteremia in general as well as to report our recent experience.CASE REPORTSCase 1. 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