Torula Infection in Man
Authors: OSCAR BERGHAUSEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1927)

Article1 October 1927Torula Infection in ManOSCAR BERGHAUSEN, B.A., M.D.OSCAR BERGHAUSEN, B.A., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-1-4-235 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough medical literature records only a small number of cases due to infection with the yeast organism,Torula histolytica, it is assumed that many cases do occur but remain unrecognized. In 1926 Rappaport and Kaplan (1) reported the thirteenth case, the first one in which a lesion of the skin was described; Lynch and Rose (2) reported the seventeenth case, the infection involving the central nervous system; McGehee and Michelson (3) reported the isolation of the organism from a diseased gland in the groin of a negro, recovery following the excision of the gland; Prinz (4) reported a black yeast-like...References(1) RAPPAPORTKAPLAN BZB: Generalized Torula Mycosis, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, May, 1926, Vol. 1, pp. 720-741. Google Scholar(2) LYNCHROSE FBE: Torula Meningitis, Annals of Clinical Medicine, March, 1926, 4, pp. 755. Google Scholar(3) MCGEHEEMICHELSON JLID: Torula Infection in Man, Journal of Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, June, 1926, 42: 729-860. Google Scholar(4) PRINZ H: Black Tongue, Dental Items Interest, N. Y., 1925, 47, 46-59. Google Scholar(5) ALVAREZ RS Ph.D.: A Red Torula as the Cause of a Tongue Abnormality, Journal American Medical Association, Oct. 23, 1926, Vol. 87, No. 17, pp. 1358. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(6) JONES EL: Torula Infection of Naso-pharynx, Southern Medical Journal, Feb., 1927, 20: pp. 120. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(7) SHEPPE WM: Torula Infection in Man, American Journal of Medical Sciences, January, 1924, No. 1, Vol. clxvii, p. 91. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cincinnati, Ohio PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByPneumocystis and Other Less Common Fungal InfectionsPneumocystis and Other Less Common Fungal InfectionsCryptococcosisCryptococcosisCryptococcosis: Current statusCryptococcosis (Torulosis)Current concepts of diagnostic serology and skin hypersensitivity in the mycosesCryptococcosisExperimental Cryptococcosis Produced by the Ingestion of Virulent OrganismsTORULOSIS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND REPORT OF FIVE CASES*WILLIAM H. MOSBERG JR., M.D., JAMES G. ARNOLD JR., M.D.TorulosisCutaneous Cryptococcosis**From the Division of Dermatology, University of Minnesota, H. E. Michelson, M.D., Director.Torula InfectionStudio micologico del Debaryomyces neoformans (Sanfelice) Red., Cif. et Giord. e significato della specie nella patologia animaleMoniliosis of the respiratory and digestive tractsTORULOSIS, WITH A REPORT OF A CASE OF MENINGITIS DUE TO TORULA HISTOLYTICAPULMONARY TORULOSIS: REPORT OF A CASE*ROBERT M. HARDAWAY, M.D., PAUL M. CRAWFORD, M.D., F.A.C.P.LXVIII. Torula Mycosis in Man with Special Reference to Involvement of the Upper Respiratory Tract, with Case Reports 1 October 1927Volume 1, Issue 4Page: 235-240KeywordsCentral nervous systemLesionsSkin infectionsYeast infections Issue Published: 1 October 1927 PDF DownloadLoading ...