THE USE OF PARA-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID (PAS) IN THE TREATMENT OF INTESTINAL TUBERCULOSIS
Authors: I N WOLFSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 June 1952THE USE OF PARA-AMINOSALICYLIC ACID (PAS) IN THE TREATMENT OF INTESTINAL TUBERCULOSISIRVING N. WOLFSON, M.D.IRVING N. WOLFSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-6-1475 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIntestinal tuberculosis is a common complication of pulmonary tuberculosis. It is found in 65 to 80 per cent of tuberculous patients at autopsy,1-8 and its incidence in living patients is generally 15 to 20 per cent.7, 9 In one large group of indigent patients Granet5 found roentgen-ray evidence of enteritis in 38 per cent. Most authors agree that the complication is more common in younger patients and that the incidence varies with the extent of the pulmonary disease.The diagnosis may be suspected in a patient with active pulmonary tuberculosis who develops gastrointestinal complaints of any nature, as anorexia, nausea,...Bibliography1. BrownSampson LHL: Intestinal Tuberculosis: Its Importance, Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd Ed., 1930, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia. Google Scholar2. GoldbergSweanyBrown BHCRW: Pathological studies on tuberculous enteritis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 18: 744-766, 1928. Google Scholar3. Rubin EH: Pulmonary and secondary intestinal tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 22: 184-202, 1930. Google Scholar4. CrawfordSawyer PMHP: Intestinal tuberculosis in 1400 autopsies, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 30: 568-583, 1934. Google Scholar5. Granet E: Intestinal tuberculosis, Am. J. Digest. Dis. 2: 209-214, 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Williams HB: Intestinal tuberculosis: a report of 3,693 cases studied by x-ray and at autopsy, M. Bull. Vet. Adm. 15: 236-239, 1939. Google Scholar7. SalkinCadden DAV: Diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis, Dis. Chest 6: 387-390, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Cullen JH: Intestinal tuberculosis; clinical pathological study, Quart. Bull., Sea View Hosp. 5: 143-160, 1940. Google Scholar9. Bellinger GC: Intestinal tuberculosis, Tr. Nat. Tuberc. A. 33: 100-108, 1937. Google Scholar10. Riggins HM: Tuberculosis of the alimentary tract, M. Clin. North America 26: 819-829, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Hertzberg G: The diagnosis of secondary intestinal tuberculosis in cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, Acta tuberc. Scandinav. 17: 134-162, 1943. Google Scholar12. HardtWeissmanCookMartin LLMCECL: Tuberculous enterocolitis, Illinois M. J. 76: 229-237, 1939. Google Scholar13. SweanyLichtensteinTurnerBerard HCMRGCL: Streptomycin treatment of tuberculous enterocolitis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 60: 576-588, 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar14. DamadePiéchaudTraissacFréourRoux PFFJPM: Efficacité de la streptomycine sur la tuberculose intestinale, Rev. tuberc. 13: 335-338, 1949. Google Scholar15. MasonKridelbaughCrouchWard EFWWWHM: Streptomycin in the treatment of tuberculous enteritis, Am. J. M. Sc. 217: 28-46, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16. CarstensenSjolin BS: L'acide para-amino salicylique (PAS) dans le traitement de la tuberculose pulmonaire avec tuberculose intestinale secondaire, Le Poumon 5: 209-222, 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar17. Kallqvist I: Para-aminosalicylic acid therapy in intestinal tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 61: 621-642, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Worcester, Massachusetts*Received for publication October 26, 1951.From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Rutland Heights, Massachusetts. Author at present graduate assistant, Out-Patient Department, Worcester City Hospital.Reviewed in the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the author are the result of his own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRadiologic differences between ileocecal tuberculosis and Crohn's diseaseSo-called primary ulcerohypertrophic ileocecal tuberculosis 1 June 1952Volume 36, Issue 6Page: 1475-1483KeywordsDiagnostic radiologyEnteritisGraduate medical educationMedical servicesNauseaOutpatientsPeriodic acid SchiffPulmonary diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...