Pulmonary Lesions in Human Tularemia*†
Authors: STAIGE D. BLACKFORD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 May 1932Pulmonary Lesions in Human TularemiaPathologic Review and Report of a Fatal CaseSTAIGE D. BLACKFORD, M.D.STAIGE D. BLACKFORD, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-11-1421 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough it is well known that tularemia is a blood-borne infection, little notice has been taken of the frequency with which it attacks the lung. Francis1reported abstracts of the twenty-four fatal human cases of which he had record up to October, 1928, and in more than one-third of these a diagnosis of intercurrent bronchopneumonia had been made. Simpson2subsequently expressed the opinion that the physical signs in many of these so-called bronchopneumonias were probably due to multiple tularemic necroses. The author3has recently published the thirteen cases which have come under his personal observation and six of these gave...References1 FRANCIS E: Symptoms, diagnosis and pathology of tularemia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 1155-1161. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 SIMPSON WM: Tularemia; study of a rapidly fatal case (four days, seven hours), Arch. Path., 1928, vi, 553-574. Google Scholar3 BLACKFORD SD: Tularemia in differential diagnosis, Va. Med. Monthly, 1931, lviii, 10-13. Google Scholar4 PALMERHANSMANN HDGH: Tularemia; report of a fulminating case with necropsy, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 236-239. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 BARDONBERDEZ RG: Tularemia: report of a fatal case with postmortem observations, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xc, 1369-1371. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 BUNKERSMITH CWEE: Tularemia; report of four cases, one fatal, with autopsy report, U. S. Nav. Med. Bull., 1928, xxvi, No. 4, 901-911. Google Scholar7 GOODPASTUREHOUSE EWSJ: The pathologic anatomy of tularemia in man, Am. Jr. Path., 1928, iv, 213-226. Google Scholar8 VERBRYCKE J.: Tularemia, with report of a fatal case simulating cholangeitis, with postmortem report, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1924, lxxxii, 1577-1581. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 FRANCISCALLENDER EGR: Tularemia; the microscopic changes of the lesions in man, Arch. Path. and Lab. Med., 1927, iii, 577-607. Google Scholar10 MASSEE JC: Tularemia in Georgia; report of a fatal case, Jr. Med. Assoc. Ga., 1931, xx, 66-67. Google Scholar11 SIMPSON WM: Tularemia; history, pathology, diagnosis and treatment, 1929, Paul B. Hoeber, New York, p. 106. Google Scholar12 STITT ER: The diagnostics and treatment of tropical diseases, 1929, Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., p. 279. Google Scholar13 FOULGERGLAZERFOSHAY MAML: Tularemia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, cxviii, 951-954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14 PERMARMACLACHLAN HHWW: Tularemic pneumonia, Ann. Int. Med., 1931, v. 687-698. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: University, Virginia*From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Hospital.†Received from publication, August 3, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTularaemic pneumonia: Pathogenesis of the aerosol-induced disease in monkeysPLEUROPULMONARY COMPLICATIONS OF TULAREMIA: TWO REPORTS OF TULAREMIC LUNG ABSCESSESTularämieTULAREMIC MENINGITIS Report of Case with Postmortem Observations*EDGAR R. PUND, M.D., F.A.C.P., MILFORD B. HATCHER, M.D.FATAL TULAREMIA REVIEW OF AUTOPSIED CASES WITH REPORT OF A FATAL CASE*LEWIS P. GUNDRY, M.D., C. GARDNER WARNER, M.D.Atmungsorgane 1 May 1932Volume 5, Issue 11Page: 1421-1426KeywordsHospital medicineLesionsLungsNecrosisPneumoniaTularemia Issue Published: 1 May 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...