REINFECTION BRUCELLOSIS: A REPORT OF TWO CASES
Authors: T W GREEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Case Reports1 September 1951REINFECTION BRUCELLOSIS: A REPORT OF TWO CASESTHOMAS W. GREEN, M.D.THOMAS W. GREEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-3-717 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOur knowledge of immunity in human brucellosis is fragmentary. That an active acquired immunity develops after infection with Brucella is suggested by the observation that persons who have recovered from the disease usually fail to show clinical evidence of reinfection in spite of probable repeated exposure.1Whether persons known to have had mild or subclinical brucellosis also have some immunity is more difficult to determine. If a person with a history of probable exposure to the organism and a positive brucellergin skin test is considered to have had an inapparent or mild Brucella infection at some time in the past,...Bibliography1. Huddleson IF: Immunity in brucellosis, Bact. Rev. 6: 111-142, 1942. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Meyer KF: Essays in biology in honor of Herbert M. Evans, written by his friends, 1943, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, pp. 437-459. Google Scholar3. HoweMillerKellyBookwalterEllingson CESEHHLHV: Acute brucellosis among laboratory workers, New England J. Med. 236: 741-747, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. SpinkHallShafferBraude WWWHJMAI: Human brucellosis: its specific treatment with a combination of streptomycin and sulfadiazine, J. A. M. A. 136: 382, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Huddleson IF: Brucellosis in man and animals, 1943, The Commonwealth Fund, New York. Google Scholar6. Foshay L: The laboratory diagnosis of undulant fever, Am. J. Clin. Path. 10: 176-187, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BraudeGold AID: Antibody formation in human subjects following the ingestion of heat-killed Brucella abortus , J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 33: 1459-1460, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. MeyerEddie KFB: Laboratory infections due to Brucella, J. Infect. Dis. 68: 24-32, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Frederick, Maryland*Received for publication December 10, 1949.From the Biological Department, Chemical Corps, Camp Detrick, Maryland. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (ELEVENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 September 1951Volume 35, Issue 3Page: 717-721KeywordsBrucellaBrucellosisCyclic adenosine monophosphateImmunityInfectious diseasesSkin infectionsSkin tests ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...