TREATMENT OF AMEBIASIS WITH ATABRINE COMBINED WITH CARBARSONE
Authors: Ryle A. Radke
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 June 1951TREATMENT OF AMEBIASIS WITH ATABRINE COMBINED WITH CARBARSONERYLE A. RADKERYLE A. RADKESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-6-1432 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1946, at Letterman General Hospital, a patient with amebiasis in whom a liver abscess had penetrated the diaphragm, and in whom a bronchopleural fistula was present, had remained critically ill and continued to produce copious brown sputum in spite of having received two courses of 10 gr. of emetine in less than a month. Lt. Col. Vince Moseley and I decided to treat him with atabrine because we reasoned that, since Galli-Valerio1had shown that atabrine was effective in treatment ofGiardia lambliainfections, and since theGiardiawas known to inhabit the biliary system, atabrine must be present...Bibliography1. 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RADKEPresent Day Treatment of AmebiasisStudies in Chronic Amebiasis. II. Evaluation of Treatment Technics 1 June 1951Volume 34, Issue 6Page: 1432-1444KeywordsAmebiasisBiliary systemDiagnostic medicineFistulasGiardiasisGraduate medical educationLiverMedical servicesResearch laboratoriesSputum ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...