AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATT
Authors: FRED H. HEISE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 December 1937AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATTEFFECT OF VITAMIN C ON THE CULTURE OF H37 TUBERCLE BACILLUS*FRED H. HEISE, WM. STEENKEN JR.FRED H. HEISESearch for more papers by this author, WM. STEENKEN JR.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-6-1039 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMany infectious diseases have been shown to be accompanied by a subnormal urinary excretion of cevitamic acid—vitamin C. Presumably the cevitamic acid has been altered or destroyed, directly or indirectly, by the action of the infecting organisms. That this may be true is shown by the development of scurvy in spite of ample gastrointestinal intake of cevitamic acid in the food. Marin1reports such an instance and thinks the destruction of the vitamin was due toBacillus colior paratyphoid B in the intestine. His patient failed to recover by oral anti-scorbutic treatment. Steppe2showed this destruction of vitamin C...Bibliography1. MARIN P: Scorbuto da distruzione batterica intestinale di vitamin C, Minerva Med., 1936, ii, 25. (Abstracted Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 1087.) Google Scholar2. STEPPESCHROEDER WH: Das Schicksal des Vitamin C im Verdauungskanal; über die Einwirkung von Darmbakterien auf Vitamin C, Klin. Wchnschr., 1935, xiv, 147. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. KOSERSAUNDERSFINKLESPOELSTRA SAFIIRC: Sources of growth factors required by certain "fastidious" bacteria. Failure of ascorbic acid to replace growth-promoting principles, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1935, xxxii, 1270. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. VON GAGYI J: Über die bactericide und antitoxische Wirkung des Vitamin C, Klin. Wchnschr., 1936, xv, 190. (Abstracted Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvi, 1237.) CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. BOISSEVAINSPILLANE CHJH: A note on the effect of synthetic ascorbic acid (vitamin C) on the growth of the tubercle bacillus, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1937, xxxv, 661. Google Scholar6. HEISEMARTINSCHWARTZ FHGJS: The influence of the administration of vitamin C on blood sedimentation and sensitivity to tuberculin, Brit. Jr. Tuberc., 1937, xxxi, 23. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. HEISEMARTIN FHGJ: Supervitaminosis C in tuberculosis, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1936, xxxv, 337. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: FRED H. HEISE; WM. STEENKENJR.Affiliations: Trudeau, New York*Received for publication July 24, 1937.From the Trudeau Clinical and Research Laboratory, Trudeau, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byÜber das Verhalten aerober und anaerober Bakterien gegenüber Askorbinsäure 1 December 1937Volume 11, Issue 6Page: 1039-1042KeywordsBacillusClinical laboratoriesEatingExcretionInfectious diseasesParatyphoidResearch laboratoriesUrinary tract infectionsVitamin C ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...