EFFECT OF ORAL POLYMYXIN B ON PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
Authors: G Y MILLS, B M KAGAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 January 1954EFFECT OF ORAL POLYMYXIN B ON PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACTG. Y. MILLS, M.D., B. M. KAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.G. Y. MILLS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, B. M. KAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-1-26 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1882 Gessard1identified the microörganismPseudomonas aeruginosa(Bacillus pyocyaneus) and described some of its characteristics. Seven years later Charrin2demonstrated the pathogenicity of several strains in animals. Since then there have been numerous publications concerning this bacterium. In 1906 Fraenkel3reported 26 fatal cases of pseudomonas infection, 21 in children under two years of age. In six the gastrointestinal tract was involved. 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