PNEUMONIA AS IT MAY AFFECT YOUNG ADULTS: 300 CONSECUTIVE CASES AMONG STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Authors: Charles Everard Lyght, Llewellyn Rathbun Cole
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 June 1941PNEUMONIA AS IT MAY AFFECT YOUNG ADULTS: 300 CONSECUTIVE CASES AMONG STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINCHARLES EVERARD LYGHT, M.D., F.A.C.P., LLEWELLYN RATHBUN COLE, M.D., F.A.C.P.CHARLES EVERARD LYGHT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, LLEWELLYN RATHBUN COLE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-12-2246 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThere is in evidence a growing appreciation of the fact that pneumonia is far from being a disease sharply limited within the confines of definite clinical specification. That pneumonia may be caused by a considerable variety of bacterial agents is well known, each organism endowed with different degrees of virulence, which, further, may fluctuate from time to time. So, also, is recognized the modification of symptoms and prognosis possible by quantitative pulmonary and hemic involvement, as well as by such qualitative factors as age, physical condition and individual resistance in the patient. As McKinlay6remarks, Bullowa and Wilcox1have well...References1. BULLOWAWILCOX JGC: Pneumococci types and their variations in incidence and mortality for adults and children, Arch. Int. Med., 1937, lix, 394-407. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. JONXIS JH: Arterial oxygen saturation and effect of oxygen therapy in pulmonary diseases, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1939, lvii, 58-67. Google Scholar3. KOHNWEINER JLSB: Pneumonia in children. A survey of 1000 cases with attempted follow-up, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1936, li, 1095-1100. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. LANE FA: Pneumonia in the Westchester County (N. Y.) Health District, 1931-35, New York State Jr. Med., 1939, xxxix, 225-231. Google Scholar5. LOCKE A: Lack of fitness as the predisposing factor in infections of the type encountered in pneumonia and in common cold, Jr. Infect. Dis., 1937, lx, 106-112. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MCKINLAY CA: Acute respiratory tract infections including pneumonia in a young adult group, Proc. Staff Meet. Univ. Minn. Hosp., 1940. Google Scholar7. MILLERHAYES FNMG: Bronchopneumonia of mild severity at the University of Oregon, Northwest Med., 1939, xxxviii, 12-14. Google Scholar8. MURRAY ME: Atypical bronchopneumonia of unknown etiology, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1940, ccxxii, 565-573. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. REIMANN HA: An acute infection of the respiratory tract with atypical pneumonia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cxi, 2377-2384. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SCHWARTZ J: Pneumonia: a review of cases at the Beth-El Hospital for the ten years, 1927-1936, Med. Rec., 1938, cxlvii, 195-200. Google Scholar11. SMILEY DF: Acute interstitial pneumonitis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxii, 1901-1904. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. SMITH FH: Pneumonia over a period of twenty-five years, Va. Med. Month., 1937, lxiii, 735-739. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication September 10, 1940.From the Department of Student Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byUnspezifische Entzündungen der LungeAn explosive outbreak of primary atypical pneumoniaDie PneumonienClinical variations in primary atypical pneumonia 1 June 1941Volume 14, Issue 12Page: 2246-2265KeywordsBacterial pneumoniaPneumoniaYoung adults ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...