THE VALUE OF THE EXAMINATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS FOR TUBERCLE BACILLI
Authors: John A. Foley, John B. Andosca
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 October 1943THE VALUE OF THE EXAMINATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS FOR TUBERCLE BACILLIJOHN A. FOLEY, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOHN B. ANDOSCA, M.D.JOHN A. FOLEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN B. ANDOSCA, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-4-629 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe importance of sputum examination for tubercle bacilli in pulmonary tuberculosis cannot be overemphasized. The finding of tubercle bacilli in the sputum establishes the diagnosis beyond all shadow of doubt. We are convinced of the necessity of gastric lavage for the detection of tubercle bacilli in these cases in which a positive sputum cannot be obtained by the ordinary method.This method of detecting tubercle bacilli is said to have been described by Meunier5in 1898. He showed, in children suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis in whom sputum could not be obtained, that by means of gastric lavage 80 per cent...Bibliography1. ARMAND-DELILLEVIBERT PJ: Le diagnostic bacteriologique de la tuberculose pulmonaire des jeunes enfants par l'examen du contenu gastrique, Presse méd., 1927, xxxv, 402. Google Scholar2. BURCKHARDT J: Ueber fakultativ offene Lungentuberkulose, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1941, lxxi, 604. Google Scholar3. CLAUSEN V: Demonstration of tubercle bacilli in gastric lavage, Acta tuberc. Skandin., 1931, v, 379. Google Scholar4. GULLBRINGLEVIN AN: The importance of gastric lavage for the demonstration of tubercle bacilli in adults, Acta med. Skandin., 1937, xciii, 168. Google Scholar5. MEUNIER H: Bacilloscopie des crachats extraits de l'estomac pour le diagnostic de la tuberculose pulmonaire, Presse méd., 1898, vi, 81. Google Scholar6. POULSEN V: Pulmonary tuberculosis in children and the demonstration of tubercle bacilli in gastric lavage, Am. Jr. Dis. Child., 1931, xli, 783. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. STADNICHENKOCOHEN AS: Gastric lavage as means of demonstrating tubercle bacilli in pulmonary tuberculosis, Trans. of the 33rd annual meeting of the Nat. Tuberc. Assoc., 1937, xxxiii, 125. Google Scholar8. STIEHM RH: A review of a five year tuberculosis program among University of Wisconsin students, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1939, cxcvii, 517. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. ULMARORNSTEIN DG: Gastric examination in pulmonary tuberculosis with negative sputum, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, ci, 835. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication June 1, 1942.From the Department of Medicine of the Boston University School of Medicine and the Boston Sanatorium. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDiagnostic and Treatment Monitoring Potential of A Stool-Based Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Pulmonary TuberculosisStandardization of gastric aspirate technique improves yield in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in childrenInfectiousness of the “Closed Case” in Tuberculosis 1 October 1943Volume 19, Issue 4Page: 629-633KeywordsChildrenResearch laboratoriesSputum ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...