The Association of Nocardiosis and Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
Authors: VINCENT T. ANDRIOLE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Case Studies1 February 1964The Association of Nocardiosis and Pulmonary Alveolar ProteinosisA Case StudyVINCENT T. ANDRIOLE, M.D., MAURICE BALLAS, M.D., GEORGE L. WILSON, M.D.VINCENT T. ANDRIOLE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MAURICE BALLAS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GEORGE L. WILSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-2-266 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPulmonary alveolar proteinosis was first described as a disease entity in 1958 by Rosen, Castleman, and Liebow (1). Forty-seven additional cases have been reported in detail (2-36, 36A, 36B) since their original report of 27 cases.Patients with alveolar proteinosis appear to have an increased susceptibility to pulmonary infections caused by a variety of organisms (1, 3, 15, 17, 18, 21-24, 27, 34, 37). 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ANDRIOLE, M.D.; MAURICE BALLAS, M.D.; GEORGE L. WILSON, M.D.Affiliations: New Haven, ConnecticutFrom the Departments of Medicine, Pathology, and Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.This study was aided by grant FR 38-03, Clinical Research Center, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Vincent T. Andriole, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven 11, Connecticut. 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