SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE PERSISTENCE OF THE BACHMAN SKIN TEST AND OF EOSINOPHILIA AFTER RECOVERY FROM TRICHINOSIS
Authors: Mortimer Warren, Eugene H. Drake, Richard S. Hawkes
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 May 1940SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE PERSISTENCE OF THE BACHMAN SKIN TEST AND OF EOSINOPHILIA AFTER RECOVERY FROM TRICHINOSISMORTIMER WARREN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EUGENE H. DRAKE, M.D., F.A.C.P., RICHARD S. HAWKES, M.D., F.A.C.P.MORTIMER WARREN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, EUGENE H. DRAKE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, RICHARD S. HAWKES, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-11-2141 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe value of the skin test in the diagnosis of trichinosis has now become definitely established through the researches of a number of investigators although the discovery of this procedure took place only 10 years ago. Bachman,1in 1928, showed that specific precipitin and skin tests could be obtained in experimental trichinella infections in laboratory animals. In 1932 his work was confirmed by Augustine and Theiler,2who first used the skin test as an aid to the diagnosis of trichinosis in human subjects. During the past eight years the skin test has been used in the investigation of a number...Bibliography1. BACHMAN GW: An intradermal reaction in experimental trichinosis, Proc. Chicago Inst. Med., 1928, ii, 169. Google Scholar2. AUGUSTINETHEILER DLH: Precipitin and skin tests as aids in diagnosing trichinosis, Jr. Parasit., 1932, xxiv, 60. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SPINK WW: Trichinella antigen: Further observations on its use in the diagnosis of trichinosis, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1937, ccxvi, 5. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. MCCOYMILLERFRIEDLANDER ORJJRD: Use of intradermal test in diagnosis of trichinosis, Jr. Immunol., 1933, xxiv, 1. Google Scholar5. THEILERAUGUSTINESPINK HDLWW: On the persistence of eosinophilia, and on immune reactions in human trichinosis, several years after recovery, Jr. Parasitol., 1935, xxvii, 345. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SOBEL IP: Sporadic trichinosis in children, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1936, li, 367. Google Scholar7. KALJUS WA: On the practical value of the intradermal reaction with the trichinelliasis antigen for the diagnosis of trichinelliasis in man, Puerto Rico Jr. Pub. Health and Trop. Med., 1936, xi, 768. Google Scholar8. SCHAPIROCROSBYSICKLER MMBLMM: The correlation of clinical diagnosis and postmortem findings in trichinosis, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1938, xxiii, 681. Google Scholar9. BROWN TR: Studies on trichinosis, with especial reference to the increase of the eosinophile cells in the blood and muscle, the origin of these cells and their diagnostic importance, Jr. Exper. Med., 1898, iii, 315. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. DRAKEHAWKESWARREN EHRSM: An epidemic of trichinosis in Maine, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, cv, 1340. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. SPINKAUGUSTINE WWDL: The diagnosis of trichinosis with especial reference to skin and precipitin tests, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, civ, 1801. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. STOLL HF: Trichinosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1929, xcii, 791. SWINEFORD, O., JR., and WADDELL, W. W., JR.: Trichiniasis: Five cases in one family with results of skin tests, Virginia Med. Monthly, 1932, lix, 28. GOLDSCHLAGER, A. I.: Trichinosis, ANN. INT. MED., 1935, viii, 939. FERENBAUGH, T. L., SEGAL, L., and SCHULZE, H. A.: A trichinosis epidemic of 64 cases, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cx, 1434. AUGUSTINE, D. L.: Trichinosis: incidence and diagnostic tests, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1937, ccxvi, 463. HALL, A. A.: An outbreak of trichiniasis in central Ohio and the use of the Bachman intradermal skin test, ANN. INT. MED., 1937, x, 1544. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Portland, Maine*Received for publication February 17, 1939.From the Maine General Hospital, Portland, Maine. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 May 1940Volume 13, Issue 11Page: 2141-2146KeywordsEosinophiliaResearch laboratoriesSkin infectionsSkin tests ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...