THERAPY OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT AND RESECTION
Authors: E H RUBIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 March 1954THERAPY OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT AND RESECTIONELI H. RUBIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.ELI H. RUBIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-3-493 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIncreasingly potent weapons are being used against tuberculosis on preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic fronts. Preventive measures stem largely from improved living conditions which enable people to obtain better food and more healthful working hours, and from the adoption of general hygienic measures applicable to all infectious and contagious diseases, including tuberculosis. The results of preventive measures are slow in expressing themselves in tangible form but they are most productive in the long run. This is borne out by the fact that the decline in the death rate from tuberculosis is being shared by people of rising economic standards in spite...Bibliography1. KanePollakBrigham ASH: Domiciliary treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: The Seton Hospital Home Care Program, Dis. of Chest 23: 518 (May) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. RubinSteinbachLeinerAdelsbergerZimmerman EHMMGCLHM: Streptomycin in tuberculosis, Dis. of Chest 16: 304 (Sept.) 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. RubinCheifetzKatzevEidingerBrief EHIHSLC: Isoniazid in pulmonary tuberculosis: with special reference to x-ray findings after four and six months' treatment, M. Clin. North America 37: 885 (May) 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Marshall G: Isoniazid in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, Brit. M. J. 1: 521 (Mar. 7) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Marshall G: The treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis with isoniazid, Brit. M. J. 2: 735 (Oct. 4) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. ThorenHinshaw MHC: Therapy of pulmonary tuberculosis with isoniazid alone and in combination with streptomycin and with para-amino-salicylic acid, Stanford M. Bull. 10: 316 (Nov.) 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. BarclayEbertLe RoyMantheiRoth WRRHGVRWLJ: Distribution and excretion of radioactive isoniazid in tuberculous patients, J. A. M. A. 151: 1384 (Apr. 18) 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. Editorial: Streptomycin and isoniazid, Brit. M. J. 1: 551 (Mar. 7) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. RobitzekSelikoffOrnstein EHIJGG: Chemotherapy of human tuberculosis with hydrazine derivatives of isonicotinic acid, Quart. Bull., Sea View Hosp. 13: 27 (Jan.) 1952. Google Scholar10. Amberson JB: Evaluation of developments in the surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, Ann. Int. Med. 37: 482 (Sept.) 1952. LinkGoogle Scholar11. RubinMishkin MS: Resection for pulmonary tuberculosis in children and adolescents, Surg., Gynec. and Obst. 95: 751 (Dec.) 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Bronx, N. Y.*Received for publication June 6, 1953.Presented as a Seminar at the 19th Annual Meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, New York City, May 27, 1953.From Seton and Morrisania City Hospitals, New York, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 March 1954Volume 40, Issue 3Page: 493-500KeywordsAntimicrobialsDeath ratesFoodInfectious diseasesThoraxTuberculosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...