SURVEY OF DYSENTERY IN PRISONERS OF WAR
Authors: H A Slesinger, R P Elrod
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 June 1946SURVEY OF DYSENTERY IN PRISONERS OF WARH. A. SLESINGER, R. P. ELRODH. A. SLESINGERSearch for more papers by this author, R. P. ELRODSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-6-1014 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is inevitable that during wars outbreaks of diarrheal diseases should become a major medical and sanitary problem particularly in combat areas. By far the most important single agent in the production of ineffectiveness due to diarrhea is the group of bacillary dysentery organisms of the genus Shigella. Evidence points to the fact that these organisms are transmitted by direct or indirect person-to-person contact.1, 2 Consequently, the most important preventive measure to be taken in order to control dysentery is a thorough stool survey of all food handlers.In view of the fact that prisoners of war (POW) are frequently...Bibliography1. HARDYWATT AVJ: The acute diarrheal diseases, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxiv, 1173-1179. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WEIL AJ: Progress in the study of bacillary dysentery, Jr. Immunol., 1943, xlvi, 13-45. Google Scholar3. RUSTIGIANSTUART RCA: Taxonomic relationship in the genus proteus, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1943, liii, 241-243. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WHEELER KM: Serological identification of dysentery bacilli, Am. Jr. Pub. Health, 1944, xxxiv, 621-629. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. WHEELER KM: Antigenic relationship of Shigella paradysenteriae , Jr. Immunol., 1944, xlviii, 87-101. Google Scholar6. SACHS H: A report of an investigation into the characteristics of new types of non-mannitol fermenting bacilli isolated from cases of bacillary dysentery in India and Egypt, Jr. Roy. Army Med. Corps, 1943, lxxx, 92-99. Google Scholar7. CHRISTENSENGOWEN WBGH: An arabinose-fermenting bacterium of the lactose-negative mannitol-negative Shigella group, Jr. Bact., 1944, xlvii, 171-176. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. ANDREWESINMAN FWAC: A study of the serological races of the Flexner group of dysentery bacilli, Medical Research Committee (Great Britain), Special Report Series No. 42, London, 1919. Google Scholar9. BOYD JS: The antigenic structure of the mannitol-fermenting group of dysentery bacilli, Jr. Hyg., 1938, xxxviii, 477-499. Google Scholar10. WIRTSTALLANT CWEJ: Dysentery in American troops in the Middle East, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis., 1944, xi, 252-255. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BØE J: The occurrence of human intestinal protozoa in Norway, Acta med. Scandinav., 1943, cxiii, 321-328. Google Scholar12. SOPER HW: Pathogenicity of intestinal protozoa, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis., 1943, x, 366-368. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication September 26, 1945. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byÜber die Beziehungen des Ruhrtyps N zur Shigella paradysenteriae Typ Lavington I (Etousa) und seine Stellung in der Gattung Shigella 1 June 1946Volume 24, Issue 6Page: 1014-1024KeywordsDiarrheaDysenteryFoodShigella ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...