I. TREATMENT OF EXPERIMENTALLY PRODUCED STAPHYLOCOCCAL THORACIC EMPYEMA
Authors: William E. Evans, James G. Mcalpine, Benedict Skitarelic, E. Howard Tonolla
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 July 1944I. TREATMENT OF EXPERIMENTALLY PRODUCED STAPHYLOCOCCAL THORACIC EMPYEMAWILLIAM E. EVANS JR., PH.D., JAMES G. MCALPINE, PH.D., BENEDICT SKITARELIC, M.D., E. HOWARD TONOLLA, M.D.WILLIAM E. EVANS JR., PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, JAMES G. MCALPINE, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, BENEDICT SKITARELIC, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, E. HOWARD TONOLLA, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-1-70 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptI. INTRODUCTIONThe number of cases of thoracic empyema caused by the staphylococci is relatively small, but they present a difficult problem in therapeutics. The sulfonamide compounds have proved efficacious in the treatment of streptococcus infections but in those in which staphylococci play the major rôle, these drugs have not been, as a rule, beneficial. The present war with its multiplicity of gun-shot and shrapnel wounds will undoubtedly contribute its share of thoracic and abdominal empyema, and in a portion of these staphylococci will be present.The production of staphylococcal empyema in experimental animals has not been very successful in...Bibliography CARLSON HA: Acute empyema thoracis. A study of healing and pulmonary expansion, Jr. Thor. Surg., 1935-1936, v, 393. Google Scholar CUNNINGHAMSABINDOAN RDFRCA: The development of leucocytes, lymphocytes, and monocytes from a specific stem cell in adult tissue, Contrib. to Embryol., Carnegie Inst. Washington, 1925, xvi, 27. Google Scholar EHLER AA: Non-tuberculous thoracic empyema. A collective review of the literature from 1934 to 1939, Surg., Gynec., and Obst., 1941, lxxii, 17. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Received for publication March 22, 1943.Funds for the support of this project were made available by the Wallace & Tiernan Products, Incorporated.From the Departments of Pharmacology, Bacteriology, Pathology and Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTreatment of Thoracic Empyema with Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate 1:500 in Azochloramid 1:3300 1 July 1944Volume 21, Issue 1Page: 70-80KeywordsBacteriologyDrugsPharmacologyStaphylococcal infectionStreptococcal infectionsStreptococcusSulfonamide ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...