PULMONARY BRUCELLOSIS
Authors: W A HARVEY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Article1 April 1948PULMONARY BRUCELLOSISWILLIAM A. HARVEY, M.D.WILLIAM A. HARVEY, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-28-4-768 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIncreasing recognition of the high incidence of brucella infection throughout Europe1and more recently in South America2and the Orient3, 4, 5and especially in certain areas of relatively high endemicity in the United Statese6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11is reflected in a professional "brucellosis mindedness" in the tentative diagnostic schema of many physicians. Unsatisfactory laboratory and clinical criteria, however, present a diagnostic problem,12, 13and the imperfection of laboratory aids emphasizes the importance of realizing their limitation and of obtaining as well defined clinical criteria as present experience will permit.The following case studies present both the diagnostic...Bibliography1. SMELNIKOV SN: Brucellosis and brucellosis-simulating diseases, Sovet. med., 1943, vii, 7. Google Scholar2. RUBINOSZYFRESTORTORELLA MCBA: Epizootologia de la brucellosis en el Uruguay, Num. cient. Accion send., 1945, vii, 13. Google Scholar3. VISWANATHAN GR: Brucellosis in animals and human beings in the Madras presidency, Ind. Vet. Jr., 1943-44, xx, 234. Google Scholar4. SAYAN NZ: Two cases of malta fever in Diyarbakir and the results of cultures of coagulated blood, Askeri sihhiye mecmuasi, 1939, lxviii, 19. Google Scholar5. ARAI M: Immunologische Studien uber die undulant Fieberreger, Jr. Orient. Med., Dairen, 1940, xxxii, 19. Google Scholar6. 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BOGART FB: Discussion of paper of Lafferty and Phillips. 49 Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication February 9, 1946.From the U. S. Naval Dispensary, Washington, D. C., and the laboratories of the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.†Formerly Resident in Medicine at the New York Post-Graduate Hospital, New York City.At present Assistant Resident Psychiatrist, The New York Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMENINGO-ENCEPHALITIS DUE TO BRUCELLOSIS WITH THE REPORT OF A CASE IN WHICH B. ABORTUS WAS RECOVERED FROM THE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID, AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE*EDWARD NICHOLS, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 April 1948Volume 28, Issue 4Page: 768-781KeywordsFevers ePublished: 14 March 2020 Issue Published: 1 April 1948 PDF downloadLoading ...