ECZEMA VACCINATUM: REPORT OF A CASE TREATED WITH AUREOMYCIN
Authors: B M ESPLIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Case Reports1 December 1951ECZEMA VACCINATUM: REPORT OF A CASE TREATED WITH AUREOMYCINBRUCE M. ESPLIN, M.D.BRUCE M. ESPLIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-6-1346 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptEdward Jenner's introduction to the medical world in 1798 of the possibility of a prophylactic vaccination for smallpox not only stimulated the establishment of the most effective known control of that disease but, in doing so, created an entirely new disease—eczema vaccinatum.While it is a well known entity to the specially trained dermatologist and pediatrician, the average physician's knowledge of this disease is not commensurate with the importance of his potential rôle in its causation or with the relatively serious prognosis, once it is fully manifest. Part of this is undoubtedly attributable to its neglect in many of the...Bibliography1. Ross RA: Generalized vaccinia, in Virus and Rickettsial Diseases, a symposium held at the Harvard School of Public Health, June 12-June 17, 1939, 1940, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., p. 217. Google Scholar2. CurthCurthGarb HOWJ: Cutaneous complications of mass vaccination in New York City, 1947, Part I, J. Invest. Dermat. 10: 197 (March) 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Greenberg M: Complications of vaccination against smallpox, Am. J. Dis. Child. 76: 492 (Nov.) 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Wenner HA: Complications of infantile eczema caused by the virus of herpes simplex, Am. J. Dis. Child. 67: 247 (April) 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Cabasso V Virus studies performed by , SC.D., Section of Viral and Rickettsial Research, Lederle Laboratories Division. Google Scholar6. McKhannRoss CFRA: Generalized vaccinia and eczema vaccinatum, M. Clin. North America 22: 785, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Robinson ES: Methods of preparation and use of smallpox vaccine virus, in Virus and Rickettsial Diseases, a symposium held at the Harvard School of Public Health, June 12-June 17, 1939, 1940, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., p. 201. Google Scholar8. Busch N: Über Eczema Vaccinatum, Arch. Dermat. u. Syph. 167: 471, 1933, quoted by Ross.1 CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Rivers TM: Viral and rickettsial infections of man, 1948, J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia. Google Scholar10. Discussion, Current status of newer antimicrobial agents, Cornell Conferences on Therapy, Sept. 22, 1949. Google Scholar11. KalzPrichardSurkis FHS: Aureomycin film in topical treatment of cutaneous virus eruptions, Canad. M. A. J. 61: 171 (Aug.) 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. PerryMartineau FGPC: Eczema vaccinatum, rapid recovery following treatment with aureomycin, J. A. M. A. 141: 657 (Nov.) 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13. RoseKneeland HMY: Aureomycin in the treatment of infectious diseases, Am. J. Med. 7: 532 (Oct.) 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle 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 December 21, 1949.From the Department of Medicine (Dermatology), The New York Hospital and Cornell University Medical College. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie Gruppe der quaderförmigen Virusarten (Pockengruppe) 1 December 1951Volume 35, Issue 6Page: 1346-1350KeywordsDermatologyEczemaHospital medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...