PENICILLIN IN THE TREATMENT OF PUTRID LUNG ABSCESS
Authors: B P STIVELMAN, J KAVEE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 July 1946PENICILLIN IN THE TREATMENT OF PUTRID LUNG ABSCESSBARNET P. STIVELMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., JULIUS KAVEE, B.S., M.D.BARNET P. STIVELMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JULIUS KAVEE, B.S., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-1-66 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the last two decades our knowledge of the pathogenesis and pathological physiology of putrid lung abscesses has advanced remarkably. This inevitably led to great improvement in the quality of the surgical treatment of this serious disease so that an ever increasing number of such patients are now being treated effectively by surgical means.At this time it is generally agreed that acute putrid lung abscesses which are accompanied by great toxicity or which show no rapid roentgenological improvement by medical measures, are best treated by early thoracotomy and pneumonostomy. This is also true of abscesses which progress, rupture into...Bibliography1. NEUHOFTOUROFF HAS: Acute putrid abscess of lung: surgical treatments and results in 86 consecutive cases, Jr. Thorac. Surg., 1940, ix, 439-449. NEUHOF, H., TOUROFF A. S. W., AUFSES A. H.: Surgical treatment by drainage of subacute and chronic putrid abscess of the lung, Ann. Surg., 1941, cxiii, 209-220. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SWEET RH: Lung abscess: analysis of Massachusetts General Hospital cases from 1933 through 1937, Surg., Gynec., and Obst., 1940, lxx, 1011-1031. Google Scholar3. CUTLERGROSS ECRE: Non-tuberculous abscess of the lung, Jr. Thorac. Surg., 1936, vi, 125-155. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. ROBERTSTUBBSBATES JEOSM: Pleural and pulmonary suppuration treated with penicillin, Lancet, 1945, i, 30-45. Google Scholar5. DAWSONHOBBY MHGL: The clinical use of penicillin, observations in one hundred cases, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxxiv, 10, 611-622. Google Scholar6. SNOOK RR: Aspiration pneumonia with beginning lung abscess treated with penicillin, Jr. Kansas Med. Soc., 1945, xlvi, 40. Google Scholar7. SMYTHBILLINGSLEA CJTH: Treatment of lung abscess with penicillin, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1945, cxxix, 15, 1005. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication January 25, 1946.From Medical Service of the Harlem Hospital, Dr. Oswald LaRotonda, Medical Director. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byModern History of Surgical Management of Lung Abscess: From Harold Neuhof to Current ConceptsEitrige und brandige Erkrankungen der LungeTREATMENT OF LUNG ABSCESSMEDICAL TREATMENT OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC PULMONARY ABSCESSESPublic HealthPULMONARY SUPPURATIONCOLON BACILLUS AND FRIENDS 1 July 1946Volume 25, Issue 1Page: 66-77KeywordsAbscessesLungsMedical servicesPathogenesisPenicillinPneumoniaRespiratory system proceduresThoracotomyToxicity ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...