CHEMOTHERAPY OF PNEUMONIAS AND IMMUNITY REACTIONS
Authors: Jesse G. M. Bullowa, Nathan H. Shackman, Daniel Stats
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 January 1942CHEMOTHERAPY OF PNEUMONIAS AND IMMUNITY REACTIONSJESSE G. M. BULLOWA, M.D., F.A.C.P., NATHAN H. SHACKMAN, M.D., DANIEL STATS, M.D.JESSE G. M. BULLOWA, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, NATHAN H. SHACKMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DANIEL STATS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-16-1-57 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the selection and application of our available resources for the treatment of pneumonias, we should be guided by consideration of the interaction of pneumococci and patients and the effect of our remedies on both. Final judgment must be based on clinical experience with adequately sized similar groups of patients treated with various therapies. Patients who completely recover from pneumonia without benefit of specific therapies do so by reason of their immunity response which completely destroys the invading bacteria; and such patients as a rule exhibit acquired immunity to the invading organism. Accordingly, the capacity to overcome infection, which is...References1. OSGOODBULLOWABUKANTZBROWNLEE EEJGSCI: The effect of sulfapyridine alone and with serum on pneumococcic pneumonia and pneumococcus infected marrow cultures, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1940 cxcix, 364-380. Google Scholar2. FRISCH AW: Sputum studies in pneumonia as an aid in prognosis, Am. Jr. Clin. Path., 1940, x, 417. Google Scholar3. BULLOWADEGARABUKANTZ JGPFSC: Type specific antibodies in the blood of patients with pneumococcal pneumonia: detection, incidence, prognostic significance and relation to therapies, Arch. Int. Med., January, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BUKANTZDEGARABULLOWA SCPFJG: Capsular polysaccharide in the blood of patients with pneumococcal pneumonia: detection, incidence, prognostic significance and relation to therapies. To be published in Arch. Int. Med. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Read before the Sections on Practice of Medicine and Pharmacology, Annual Session of the American Medical Association in Cleveland, Ohio, June, 1941. (Presented in part as the first William H. Friedman Lecture, Denver, Colorado, on Feb. 20, 1939.)Received for publication July 25, 1941.From the Medical Service, Harlem Hospital, Department of Hospitals, New York City, N. Y., and the Littauer Pneumonia Research Fund of New York University College of Medicine. These studies received additional support from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and from Mr. Bernard M. Baruch, Mr. Bernard M. Baruch, Jr., Miss Belle N. Baruch, and Mrs. H. Robert Samstag.Constance Lebair assisted in the statistical analysis. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 January 1942Volume 16, Issue 1Page: 57-70KeywordsBacteriaChemotherapyHospital medicineImmunityMedical servicesPharmacologyPneumoniaResearch funding ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...