THE MODERN MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
Authors: M J SMALL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 September 1955THE MODERN MEDICAL TREATMENT OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSISMAURICE J. SMALL, M.D., F.A.C.P.MAURICE J. SMALL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-3-539 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn a discussion of the modern medical treatment of tuberculosis it should be pointed out at the start that this treatment is still very young and that there are still many unanswered problems which are being actively investigated. Streptomycin (SM) did not come into general use until late 1947, para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) in 1949, and iso-nicotinic acid hydrazide (INH) in 1952, and the concept of long-term chemotherapy with these drugs is quite new and its final evaluation far from complete. This discussion will therefore attempt to summarize what is currently accepted by the best authorities in the medical treatment of...Bibliography1. Robins AB: Tuberculosis in New York City today, Quart. Bull., Dept. of Health, City of New York, Winter 1953-1954, pp. 52-57. Google Scholar2. Waring JJ: The current treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, Dis. of Chest 25: 361-373 (Apr.) 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Walker AW, for the Veterans Administration Committee on Chemotherapy: The chemotherapy of tuberculosis in man, J. A. M. A. 147: 253-258 (Sept. 15) 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. KarlsonFeldman AGWH: The effect of combined therapy with streptomycin and para-aminosalicylic acid on experimental tuberculosis in guinea pigs, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 24: 510-515 (Sept. 28) 1949. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. Transactions of the 13th Conference on the Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis of the Veterans Administration, Army and Navy, St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 8-11, 1954. Google Scholar6. DooneiefHite ASKE: Indefinitely prolonged chemotherapy for tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 70: 219-227 (Aug.) 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. AuerbachKatzSmall OHLMJ: The effect of streptomycin therapy on the bronchocavitary junction and its relation to cavity healing, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 67: 173-200 (Feb.) 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. HobbyAuerbachLenertSmallComer GLOTFMJJV: The late emergence of M. tuberculosis in liquid cultures of pulmonary lesions resected from humans, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 70: 191-218 (Aug.) 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. Drug therapy in the management of the unhospitalized tuberculous patient, Scientific Exhibit of the Department of Health, New York City, at the Graduate Fortnight of Medicine, N. Y. Academy of Medicine, October 18-29, 1954. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: East Orange, New Jersey*Received for publication March 14, 1955.From the Tuberculosis Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, East Orange, New Jersey. Presented by invitation at the Symposium on Chronic Pulmonary Disease on November 11, 1954, sponsored by the Medical Society of the County of Queens, Queens County Chapter, Academy of General Practice and the Queensboro Tuberculosis and Health Association. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 September 1955Volume 43, Issue 3Page: 539-548KeywordsAntimicrobialsChemotherapyDrugsLesionsPeriodic acid SchiffPrimary carePulmonary diseasesStreptomycin ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...