PULMONARY INVOLVEMENT IN TYPHOID AND PARATYPHOID FEVERS
Authors: F A NEVA
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Article1 July 1950PULMONARY INVOLVEMENT IN TYPHOID AND PARATYPHOID FEVERSFRANKLIN A. NEVAFRANKLIN A. NEVASearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-1-83 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptClinical evidence of pulmonary involvement in typhoid and the paratyphoid fevers is well recognized by most textbooks of medicine and the rather common occurrence of signs and symptoms of bronchial irritation which is usually referred to as bronchitis, as well as the possibility of complication by actual pneumonia are pointed out. The pathogenesis of many of the major clinical manifestations in typhoid and paratyphoid fevers has been explained reasonably well on the basis of studies both in man and in experimental animals.1 However, the reasons for the pulmonary involvement which may occur are poorly understood.Earlier medical writings display a...Bibliography1. WilsonMiles GSAA: Topley and Wilson's Principles of bacteriology and immunity, 3rd Ed., 1946, Vol. II, Chapter 69, William and Wilkins Company, Baltimore, Md. Google Scholar2. AllbuttRolleston TGHD: System of medicine, 2nd Ed., 1905, Volume 1 (Section by Dreschfeld on Enteric Fevers), Macmillan and Company, Ltd., London. Google Scholar3. RollestonRonaldson JDGW: Acute infectious diseases, 3rd Ed., 1940, William Heinemann, Ltd., London. Google Scholar4. NobecourtPeyre PE: Bull. et. mém. Soc. méd. hôp. de Paris 51: 1917 (cited by Rolleston and Ronaldson). Google Scholar5. StuartPullen BMRL: Typhoid: clinical analysis of 360 cases, Arch. Int. 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