OBSERVATIONS ON THE SPECIFIC TREATMENT (TYPE A ANTISERUM) OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA
Authors: L. A. Julianelle
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 August 1939OBSERVATIONS ON THE SPECIFIC TREATMENT (TYPE A ANTISERUM) OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIAL. A. JULIANELLEL. A. JULIANELLESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-2-308 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptEarlier communications from this laboratory1, 2, 3, 4, 5recorded the partition of staphylococci into two specific groups, which were designated as Types A and B. The differentiation of the types was established primarily by immunological and chemical differences between the intracellular polysaccharides extracted from the respective organisms, and secondarily by the biological distinction that Type A strains are derived from pathogenic conditions, while Type B strains are apparently saprophytic. Other workers6, 7 8, 9have since confirmed these observations and have, in fact, even discovered additional types among the non-pathogenic strains.6, 9At a later date,10the determination of...References1. JULIANELLEWIEGHARD LACW: Immunological specificity of carbohydrates derived from Staphylococcus, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1934, xxxi, 947-949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. JULIANELLEWIEGHARD LACW: The immunological specificity of staphylococci. I. The occurrence of serological types, Jr. Exper. Med., 1935, lxii, 11-21. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. JULIANELLEWIEGHARD LACW: The immunological specificity of staphylococci. II. The chemical nature of the soluble specific substances, ibid., 1935, lxii, 23-30. Google Scholar4. JULIANELLEWIEGHARD LACW: The immunological specificity of staphylococci. III. Interrelationships of cell constituents, ibid., 1935, lxii, 31-37. Google Scholar5. JULIANELLEJONESHARTMANN LADAF: Experimental hypersensitiveness to Staphylococcus, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1935, xxxii, 945-948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. THOMPSONKHORAZO RD: Antigenic and biochemical properties of staphylococci, Jr. Bact., 1937, xxxii, 51-52. Google Scholar7. HEGEMANN G: Untersuchungen über typen Differzierung der Staphylokokken, Centralbl. Bakt., I, O., 1937, cxl, 108-113. Google Scholar8. PERAGALLO I: Sulla possibile identificazione di eventuali tipi immunologici dello stafilococco, Giorn. Batt. Immunol., 1937, xviii, 577-589. Google Scholar9. COWAN ST: The classification of staphylococci by precipitation and biological reactions, Jr. Path, and Bact., 1938, xlvi, 31-45. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. JULIANELLE LA: Determination of staphylococcal types by fermentation of mannite, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1937, xxxvi, 117-119. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. FLAUM A: Studies in staphylococci and staphylococcal immunity, Acta Path. Microbiol. Scand., 1938, Suppl. 35. THYGESON, P.: Mannitol fermentation as an indicator of conjunctival pathogenicity of staphylococci, Arch. Ophthal., 1938, xx, 274-275. Google Scholar12. JULIANELLEHARTMANN LAAF: The immunological specificity of staphylococci. IV. Cutaneous reactions to the type-specific carbohydrates, Jr. Exper. Med., 1936, lxiv, 149-159. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. GOODNERHORSFALLDUBOS KFLRJ: Type-specific antipneumococcic rabbit serum for therapeutic purposes. Production, processing, and standardization, Jr. Immunol., 1937, xxxiii, 279-296. Google Scholar14. STOOKEYSCARPELLINO PFLA: Staphylococcus septicemia, South. Med. Jr., 1939, xxxii, 173-179. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: St. Louis, Missouri*Read at the New Orleans Meeting of the American College of Physicians, March 27, 1939.From the Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis.Conducted under a grant from the Commonwealth Fund of New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Meningitides and Encephalitides 1 August 1939Volume 13, Issue 2Page: 308-316KeywordsChildrenGratitudeIntracellular pathogensOphthalmologyPolysaccharidesSepsis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...