Evaluation of the Clinical Significance of the Genus Herellea
Authors: RALPH G. ROBINSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Article1 January 1964Evaluation of the Clinical Significance of the Genus HerelleaRALPH G. ROBINSON, M.D., ROBERT G. GARRISON, PH.D., ROBERT W. BROWN, M.D.RALPH G. ROBINSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT G. GARRISON, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT W. BROWN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-1-19 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe importance of the genusHerelleain infectious disease is unknown. In some patients the isolation of this gram-negative bipolar staining rod is associated with few signs or symptoms of disease, while in others it is etiologically implicated in serious infections. The most common sources ofHerelleacultures are urine and sputum, but the organism has been isolated from almost every fluid and organ system of the body. 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BROWN, M.D.Affiliations: Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, MissouriFrom the Departments of Medicine and Microbiology of the Veterans Administration Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, and the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.This work was supported in part by grant AI 03485-03, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Robert W. Brown, M.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, 4801 Linwood Boulevard, Kansas City 28, Missouri. 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