ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE PULMONARY LESIONS WITH INFECTIONS OF THE THROAT
Authors: COMMISSION ON ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASES
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 September 1946ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE PULMONARY LESIONS WITH INFECTIONS OF THE THROATCOMMISSION ON ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASESCOMMISSION ON ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASESSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-3-473 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn a three year study of respiratory illness among soldiers, three groups of diseases have caused the great majority of hospital admissions, namely, exudative tonsillitis and pharyngitis, primary atypical pneumonia, and undifferentiated respiratory disease. Other specific diseases such as influenza and the contagious exanthemata constituted a small and easily recognized group. Investigation of the cases of exudative tonsillitis and pharyngitis disclosed that approximately 25 per cent of them had clinical features, bacteriological findings, and an antibody response indicative of streptococcal infection; another 25 per cent harbored β-hemolytic streptococci but did not have the clinical features or the antibody response characteristic...Bibliography1. : Endemic exudative pharyngitis and tonsillitis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxv, 1163-1169. Google Scholar2. DINGLEABERNETHYBADGERBUDDINGHFELLERLANGMUIRRUEGSEGGERWOOD JHTJGFGJAEADJMWB: Primary atypical pneumonia, etiology unknown, Am. Jr. Hyg., 1944, xxxix, 67-128, 197-268, 269-336. Google Scholar3. : A study of a food-borne epidemic of tonsillitis and pharyngitis due to β-hemolytic streptococcus, type 5, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1945, lxxvii, 143-210. Google Scholar4. MILLERLUSK JLFB: Epidemic of streptococcal pneumonia and empyema at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1918, lxxi, 702. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. CECIL RL: Pneumonia and empyema at Camp Upton, N. Y., Med. Clin. N. Am., 1918, ii, 567. Google Scholar6. AMOSSCRAVEN HLEB: Serum treatment of hemolytic streptococcus pneumonia, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1933, xii, 885. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BLOOMFIELDRANTZ ALLA: An outbreak of streptococcic septic sore throat in an army camp, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1943, cxxi, 315-319. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. FINLANDBARNES MMW: Cold agglutinins. V. Deterioration of cold isohemagglutinins on storage, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1945, xxiv, 490-496. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. : Cold hemagglutinins in primary atypical pneumonia and other respiratory infections, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1944, ccviii, 742-750. Google Scholar10. FLEMINGLINDECKEVANS JEWIH: Primary atypical pneumonia. An epidemic associated with malaria, Brit. Med. Jr., 1945, i, 689-693. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. CAMPBELL ET: Primary atypical pneumonia and malaria, War Med., 1943, iii, 249-255. Google Scholar12. SMITH DT: Relation of Vincent's angina to fusospirochetal disease of the lungs, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 23-26. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. PIERCEFIELD CBH: Fusospirochetal pneumonia, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1935, xxxiii, 451-467. Google Scholar14. : Unpublished observations. Google Scholar15. : Epidemiology of atypical pneumonia and acute respiratory disease at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Am. Jr. Pub. Health, 1944, xxxiv, 335-346. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Fort Bragg, North Carolina*Received for publication December 1, 1945.This investigation was supported in part through the Commission on Acute Respiratory Diseases, Board for the Investigation and Control of Influenza and Other Epidemic Diseases in the Army, Preventive Medicine Service, Office of The Surgeon General, United States Army, and by grants from the Commonwealth Fund, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, and the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation to the Board for the Investigation and Control of Influenza and Other Epidemic Diseases for the Commission on Acute Respiratory Diseases.†Members and associates of the Commission on Acute Respiratory Diseases are: John H. Dingle, Major, M.C., A.U.S., Director; Theodore J. Abernethy, Major, M.C., A.U.S.; George F. Badger, Major, M.C., A.U.S.; Joseph W. Beard, M.D.; Norman L. Cressy, Major, M.C., A.U.S.; A. E. Feller, M.D.; Irving Gordon, M.D.; Alexander D. Langmuir, Major, M.C., A.U.S.; Charles H. Rammelkamp, M.D.; Elias Strauss, Captain, M.C., A.U.S.; Hugh Tatlock, Captain, M.C., A.U.S. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie PneumonienDiscussion on the Tonsil and Adenoid Problem 1 September 1946Volume 25, Issue 3Page: 473-487KeywordsAntibody productionGroup A streptococciLesionsPharyngitisPharynxPneumoniaPreventive medicinePulmonary diseasesStreptococcal infectionsSurgeons ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...