HISTOPLASMIN AND TUBERCULIN SENSITIVITY IN RELATION TO PULMONARY CALCIFICATIONS AMONG UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STUDENTS
Authors: H A DICKIE, E A CLARK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Article1 June 1948HISTOPLASMIN AND TUBERCULIN SENSITIVITY IN RELATION TO PULMONARY CALCIFICATIONS AMONG UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STUDENTSHELEN A. DICKIE, M.D., ELIZABETH A. CLARK, M. D.HELEN A. DICKIE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ELIZABETH A. CLARK, M. D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-28-6-1087 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the last few years the problem of the marked variation in the frequency of pulmonary calcifications as observed in chest roentgenograms has been studied by several groups.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9The highest incidence of pulmonary calcifications has been found in the central eastern half of the United States. These areas were not closely correlated with the areas of highest mortality from tuberculosis. Because a number of reports had demonstrated that a large number of these individuals had negative tuberculin reactions, a search for a non-tuberculous etiology was started. Smith1pointed out that the area of high...Bibliography1. SMITH CE: Coccidioidomycosis, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1943, xxvii, 709-807. Google Scholar2. PALMER CE: Non-tuberculous pulmonary calcification and sensitivity to histoplasmin, Pub. Health Rep., 1945, lx, 513-520. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. CHRISTIEPETERSON AJC: Pulmonary calcification in negative reactors to tuberculin, Am. Jr. Pub. Health, 1945, xxxv, 1131-1147. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. PALMER CE: Geographic differences in sensitivity to histoplasmin among student nurses, Pub. Health Rep., 1946, lxi, 475-487. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. ZWERLINGPALMER HBCE: Pulmonary calcification: Roentgenographic observations in relation to histoplasmin and tuberculin reactions, Radiology, 1946, xlvii, 59-63. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. FURCULOWHIGHALLAN MLRHMF: Some aspects of sensitivity to histoplasmin and tuberculin, Pub. Health Rep., 1946, lxi, 1132-1144. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. CHRISTIEPETERSON AJC: Histoplasmin sensitivity, Jr. Pediat., 1946, xxix, 417-432. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. HIGHZWERLINGFURCULOW RHHBML: Disseminated pulmonary calcification: A report of 113 cases, Pub. Health Rep., 1947, lxii, 20-29. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. ZWERLINGPALMER HBCE: Pulmonary calcification in relation to sensitivity to histoplasmin, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1947, cxxxiv, 691-692. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Madison, Wisconsin*Received for publication November 8, 1947.From the Departments of Student Health and Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.The histoplasmin used in this study was supplied by M. L. Furculow, M.D. of the United States Public Health Service. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAltered skin reactivity induced by repeated histoplasmin skin testsBenign HistoplasmosisHYPERSENSITIVITY TO PATHOGENIC AND NON-PATHOGENIC FUNGI*EDMUND L. KEENEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Serologic Studies in Histoplasmosis 1 June 1948Volume 28, Issue 6Page: 1087-1093KeywordsDiagnostic radiologyEtiologyMedical servicesMortalityThoraxTuberculin ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1948 PDF downloadLoading ...