A FAMILY OUTBREAK OF TYPE V PNEUMOCOCCIC INFECTIONS: CLINICAL, BACTERIOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES
Authors: John W. Brown, Maxwell Finland
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 September 1939A FAMILY OUTBREAK OF TYPE V PNEUMOCOCCIC INFECTIONS: CLINICAL, BACTERIOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIESJOHN W. BROWN, MAXWELL FINLAND, F.A.C.P.JOHN W. BROWNSearch for more papers by this author, MAXWELL FINLAND, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-3-394 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTilghman and Finland6recently reported 33 groups of multiple contact cases of pneumococcic infections, including five family groups, in which bacteriological and immunological studies were made.3The present paper concerns similar observations in another family consisting of 11 members, 9 of whom had infections with type V (Cooper1) pneumococci and a tenth member carried the same organism while apparently remaining free of symptoms. Early in the course of this investigation, type VI pneumococci were cultured from the throat of one individual in the same family and pneumococci of this type were subsequently isolated from the throats of six of the...References1. COOPERROSENSTEINWALTERPEIZER GCAL: The further separation of types among the pneumococci hitherto included in Group IV and the development of therapeutic antisera for these types, Jr. Exper. Med., 1932, lv, 531. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. FINLANDSUTLIFF MWD: Immunity reactions of human subjects to strains of pneumococci other than types I, II and III, Jr. Exper. Med., 1933, lvii, 95. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. FINLANDTILGHMAN MRC: Bacteriological and immunological studies in families with pneumococcic infections: The development of type-specific antibodies in healthy contact carriers, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1936, xv, 401. Google Scholar4. HARRISINGRAHAM AHHS: A study of the carrier condition associated with Type II pneumonia in a camp of the civilian conservation corps, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1937, xvi, 41. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. SCHRODERCOOPER MCG: An epidemic of colds, bronchitis and pneumonia due to Type V pneumococci, Jr. Infect. Dis., 1930, xlvi, 384. Google Scholar6. TILGHMANFINLAND RCM: Pneumococcic infections in families, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1936, xv, 493. 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 May 28, 1938.From the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services (Harvard), Boston City Hospital and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston.This investigation was aided, in part, by a grant given in honor of Francis Weld Peabody by the Ella Sachs Plotz Foundation.This work was carried out with the technical assistance of Mrs. Mildred W. Barnes. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPneumococcal InfectionsPneumococcal InfectionsPneumococcal InfectionsPneumococcal Infections 1 September 1939Volume 13, Issue 3Page: 394-401KeywordsClinical immunologyHospital medicineMedical servicesPharynxResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...