THE DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMONIA PRECEDING TUBERCULOSIS
Authors: A S HARTZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 December 1949THE DIAGNOSIS OF PNEUMONIA PRECEDING TUBERCULOSISALVIN S. HARTZ, M.D.ALVIN S. HARTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-31-6-1066 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA large proportion of the patients admitted to the Tuberculosis Division of the Baltimore City Hospitals for the first time had previously been acutely ill with what was diagnosed as pneumonia. The acute illness occurred at a period when it might be assumed that a tuberculous process was present. In most instances the disease was in a far advanced stage when the diagnosis of tuberculosis was made subsequent to the acute illness. In some cases, death occurred from tuberculosis soon after acute symptoms suggesting pneumonia, and diagnosed as such, developed. Many more individuals gave histories of influenza and grippe a...Bibliography1. KINGHORN HM: The diagnosis of tuberculosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxv, 1614-1620. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. STOBIEENGLANDMCMENEMY WNAWH: Interpretation of the hemogram in tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1942, xlvi, 1-26. Google Scholar3. SOKOLOFF MJ: Lower lobe tuberculosis, Radiology, 1940, xxxiv, 589-594. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. AMBERSON JB: The process of resolution in pulmonary tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1936, xxxiii, 269-301. Google Scholar5. ORNSTEINULMARDITTLER GGDEL: Benign acute pulmonary tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1931, xxiii, 223-247. Google Scholar6. GOODRICHBRADFORD BEHA: Recognition of virus type pneumonia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1942, cciv, 163-179. Google Scholar7. FLICK KF: Third Annual Report (1905-1906), Henry Phipps Institute, Philadelphia (quoted by Baum and Amberson). Google Scholar8. BAUMAMBERSON OSJB: Non-tuberculous pulmonary infections complicating pulmonary tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1943, xlv, 243-279. Google Scholar9. PINNER M: Pulmonary tuberculosis in the adult, 1945, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, p. 270. Google Scholar10. FARBERCLARKE JEWT: Unrecognized tuberculosis in a general hospital, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1943, xlvii, 129-134. Google Scholar11. RIST E: The sudden onset of lung tuberculosis and its lobar localization, Canadian Med. Assoc. Jr., 1929, xxi, 143-152. Google Scholar12. PEDIGOCOLEMAN GWEO: Pneumococcal pneumonia complicating pulmonary tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1941, xliii, 258-262. Google Scholar13. HOGAN GF: Non-tuberculous pneumonia complicating pulmonary tuberculosis, New England Jr. Med., 1945, ccxxxiii, 547-556. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Received for publication December 13, 1947.From the Division of Tuberculosis, Baltimore City Hospitals. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 December 1949Volume 31, Issue 6Page: 1066-1077KeywordsPneumonia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...