RESULTS OF SKIN TESTING IN MILITARY PERSONNEL
Authors: I L BERNSTEIN, J SCHWARZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 April 1958RESULTS OF SKIN TESTING IN MILITARY PERSONNELI. LEONARD BERNSTEIN, J. SCHWARZI. LEONARD BERNSTEINSearch for more papers by this author, J. SCHWARZSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-4-791 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIn the last 10 years there has been much interest in the incidence of pulmonary calcifications in tuberculin-negative subjects with positive reactions to fungus antigens, particularly histoplasmin.2, 3, 5Skin testing surveys have been performed in many states, but studies in military groups have lagged until recently.4The importance of such investigations lies in the fact that pulmonary calcifications are used as criteria for induction purposes and for selection for various key positions, such as flying status. This study was also undertaken to ascertain the actual significance or validity of pulmonary calcifications in the presumptive x-ray diagnosis of healed...Bibliography1. ManosFerebeeKerschbaum NESWF: Geographic variation in the prevalence of histoplasmin sensitivity, Dis. of Chest 29: 649-668, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Palmer CE: Nontuberculous pulmonary calcification and sensitivity to histoplasmin, Pub. Health Rep. 60: 513-520, 1945. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. ChristiePetersen AJC: Pulmonary calcification in negative reactors to tuberculin, Am. J. Pub. Health 35: 1131-1147, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Air University, U. S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine: Studies on coccidioidomycosis at air force bases in the southwestern United States, numbered report, Randolph Field, Texas, December, 1954, p. 25. Google Scholar5. FurcolowHighAllan MLRHMF: Some epidemiological aspects of sensitivity to histoplasmin and tuberculin, Pub. Health Rep. 61: 1132-1144, 1946. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. FurcolowSitterley MLJ: Further studies of the geography of histoplasmin sensitivity in Kansas and Missouri, J. Kansas M. Soc. 52: 584-589, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. SchwarzMuth JJ: Coccidioidomycosis: a review, Am. J. M. Sc. 221: 89-107, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. SmithWhitingBakerRosenbergerBeardSaito CEEGEEHGRRMT: The use of coccidioidin, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 57: 330-360, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cincinnati, Ohio*Received for publication January 18, 1957.From the Departments of Internal Medicine and Clinical Laboratories, Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio.Requests for reprints should be addressed to I. Leonard Bernstein, M.D., The Jewish Hospital Association, Cincinnati 29, Ohio.†Purified protein derivative, first strength. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 April 1958Volume 48, Issue 4Page: 791-796KeywordsAntigensArmed forcesBurnsClinical laboratoriesCoccidioidomycosisHistoplasmosisHospital medicinePreventive medicineProteins ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...