THE TREATMENT OF PNEUMOCOCCIC PNEUMONIA WITH SULFAPYRIDINE
Authors: William L. Winters, Paul S. Rhoads, Wayne W. Fox, Reno Rosi
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 April 1941THE TREATMENT OF PNEUMOCOCCIC PNEUMONIA WITH SULFAPYRIDINEWILLIAM L. WINTERS, M.D., PAUL S. RHOADS, M.D., WAYNE W. FOX, M.D., RENO ROSI, M.D.WILLIAM L. WINTERS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL S. RHOADS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WAYNE W. FOX, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RENO ROSI, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-10-1827 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this paper is to report our experience with sulfapyridine in the treatment of 123 cases of lobar pneumonia in adults during the period from January 15 to May 15, 1939. During the past year many clinical reports on the treatment of pneumonia with sulfapyridine have appeared in the literature. Generally, the mortality rate has been reduced from 25 per cent to 30 per cent to below 10 per cent. Pepper et al.1reported 400 cases of pneumococcic pneumonia treated with sulfapyridine with a mortality of 7 per cent. Gaisford2reported 400 cases with a mortality of 6.5...Bibliography1. PEPPERFLIPPINSCHWARTZLOCKWOOD DSHFLJS: The results of sulfapyridine therapy in 400 cases of typed pneumococcic pneumonia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1939, cxcviii, 22-25. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. GAISFORD WF: Results of the treatment of 400 cases of lobar pneumonia with M and B 693, Proc. Roy. Soc. Med., 1939, xxxiii, 1070-1076. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. PLUMMERENSWORTH NHK: Sulfapyridine in the treatment of pneumonia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxiii, 1847-1854. Google Scholar4. VOLINILEVITTCAMPIONE IFRNL: Serum and drugs re pneumonia, Ill. Med. Jr., 1939, lxxvi, 420-424. Google Scholar5. FOXROSIWINTERS WWRWL: The Sabin agglutination test and the polysaccharide skin test (Francis) as indices of recovery in pneumonia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1940, cc, 649-655. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Data to be published by Dr. Frank Kelly. Google Scholar7. CAPPSCOLEMAN JAGH: Influence of alcohol on prognosis of pneumonia in the Cook County Hospital, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1923, lxxx, 750-752. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. PICKERELL KL: Effect of alcoholic intoxication and ether anesthesia on resistance to pneumococcic infection, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1938, lxiii, 238-260. Google Scholar9. WHITEHEADCARTER WMCC: Sulfapyridine in pneumonia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxii, 2594-2595. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication December 5, 1939.From the Dept. of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School and from the Dept. of Internal Medicine, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.With the technical assistance of Dolores Lammers, B.S.This study was made possible through the coöperation of the members of the Northwestern University Faculty, Dept. of Medicine, at the Cook County Hospital.The sulfapyridine was made available by Merck and Co. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIssues in Noninferiority Trials: The Evidence in Community‐Acquired PneumoniaCommunicable Diseases and Military Medicine 1 April 1941Volume 14, Issue 10Page: 1827-1837KeywordsDeath ratesHospital medicineMortalityPneumonia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...