ROLE OF THE FRIEDLÄNDER BACILLUS IN CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE
Authors: J K FULTON, B C McKINLAY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 February 1954ROLE OF THE FRIEDLÄNDER BACILLUS IN CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASEJOHN K. FULTON, M.D., BEATRICE C. MCKINLAY, B.A.JOHN K. FULTON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BEATRICE C. MCKINLAY, B.A.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-2-245 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe Friedländer bacillus, pneumobacillus,Bacillus mucosus capsulatus, orKlebsiella pneumoniae, is usually considered to be an uncommon cause of pneumonia, a rare cause of meningitis or primary peritonitis, and an occasional urinary tract pathogen, but it is seldom mentioned relative to benign chronic respiratory disease. Yet this pathogen seems to have unique properties which make it unusually well able to persist as a low grade, chronic invader of structurally normal bronchi, sinuses and urinary tract. The type of pneumonia usually produced by this infection is exceedingly fulminating, with a marked tendency to produce lung cavitation, and it carries a high...Bibliography1. Mallory TB: The pathogenesis of bronchiectasis, New England J. Med. 237: 795-798, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Fleischner FG: The pathogenesis of bronchiectasis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 42: 297-314, 1940. Google Scholar3. Fleischner FG: The pathogenesis of chronic substantial (hypertrophic) emphysema, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 62: 45-57, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. OstermanRettger ELF: A comparative study of organisms of the Friedänder and Coli aerogenes groups, J. Bact. 42: 699-743, 1941. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Kaufman F: Enterobacteriacae, 1951, Ejnar Munksgaard, Copenhagen. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Wichita, Kansas*Received for publication July 23, 1953.From the Department of Internal Medicine, Wichita Clinic, Wichita, Kansas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBacteriology of the sputum in exacerbation and remission of chronic bronchitisPRECIPITINS TO KLEBSIELLA AND OTHER ENTEROBACTERIA IN THE SERUM OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISORDERSClinical Observations of Acute Friedländer PneumoniaFELICE MANFREDI, M.D., WALTER J. DALY, M.D., ROY H. BEHNKE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Lung Abscess—A Review of Forty-one CasesIRVIN F. RUMBAUGH, M.D., JOHN A. PRIOR, M.D., F.A.C.P.KLEBSIELLA IN RESPIRATORY DISEASE*WILLIAM WEISS, M.D., GEORGE M. EISENBERG, D.SC., ALFRED SPIVACK, M.D., JAY NADEL, M.D., HAROLD L. KAYSER, M.D., SIRI SATHAVARA, M.D., HARRISON F. FLIPPIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.AN EVALUATION OF TWENTY-TWO PATIENTS WITH ACUTE AND CHRONIC PULMONARY INFECTION WITH FRIEDLÄNDER'S BACILLUS*BENJAMIN M. LIMSON, M.D., MONROE J. ROMANSKY, M.D., F.A.C.P., JAMES G. SHEA, M.D.SEROLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KLEBSIELLA GROUP 1 February 1954Volume 40, Issue 2Page: 245-248KeywordsBacillusBronchiKlebsiella pneumoniaeLungsMeningitisPathogensPeritonitisPneumoniaPulmonary diseasesUrinary tract infections ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...