Opportunistic Pulmonary Infections
Authors: JOHN F. MURRAY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1966)

The UCLA Interdepartmental Conference1 September 1966Opportunistic Pulmonary InfectionsJOHN F. MURRAY, M.D., HUGH F. HAEGELIN, M.D., WILLIAM L. HEWITT, M.D., HARRISON LATTA, M.D., DAVID MCVICKAR, M.D., A. F. RASMUSSEN JR., M.D., LEO G. RIGLER, M.D.JOHN F. MURRAY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HUGH F. HAEGELIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM L. HEWITT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HARRISON LATTA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DAVID MCVICKAR, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, A. F. RASMUSSEN JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LEO G. RIGLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-65-3-566 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDr. John F. Murray: We can use the term "opportunistic" to characterize infections that adapt themselves to unique circumstances favoring their development. To this should be added a particularly pertinent definition from Webster's dictionary, which certainly applies in the clinical context in which we recognize these infections, "with little regard for principles or ultimate consequences."There is little doubt that the prevalence of opportunistic pulmonary infections is increasing. In two large hospitals in New York City that deal primarily with patients who have malignant diseases, the number of fungus infections in the decade from 1950 to 1959 increased from 2...References1. HUTTERCOLLINS RVHS: The occurrence of opportunistic fungus infections in a cancer hospital. Lab. Invest. 11: 1035, 1962. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. HILLROWLANDSRIFKIND RBDTD: Infectious pulmonary disease in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy for organ transplantation. New Eng. J. Med. 271: 1021, 1964. 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Path. 37: 358, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: JOHN F. MURRAY, M.D.; HUGH F. HAEGELIN, M.D.; WILLIAM L. HEWITT, M.D.; HARRISON LATTA, M.D.; DAVID MCVICKAR, M.D.; A. F. RASMUSSENJR., M.D.; LEO G. RIGLER, M.D.Affiliations: Los Angeles, CaliforniaThis is an edited transcription of an Interdepartmental Clinical Case Conference arranged by the Department of Medicine of the UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif.This study was supported in part by grants TI AI 300-01 and TI AI-309, the U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C.Requests for reprints should be addressed to John F. Murray, M.D., Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024. 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