PSITTACOSIS COMPLICATED BY STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA
Authors: Willard R. Warren, Emmett L. Kehoe
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Case Reports1 April 1956PSITTACOSIS COMPLICATED BY STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIAWILLARD R. WARREN, EMMETT L. KEHOEWILLARD R. WARRENSearch for more papers by this author, EMMETT L. KEHOESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-4-796 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptReports of psittacosis are by no means uncommon in the medical literature of recent years, and further individual case reports might seem superfluous. Recently, a patient was observed, however, who presented a number of unusual complications and therapeutic problems which would seem worthy of recording.CASE REPORTA 41 year old white Army nurse was admitted to the U. S. Army Hospital, Landstuhl, on January 4, 1954, with the chief complaints of fever and malaise for three days. Aside from a mild chronic cough she had been well until January 1, when there was an onset of fatigue, chilliness and...Bibliography1. WoodwardParkerHall TERTHE: Therapeutic results with Aureomycin and chloramphenicol, Bull. New York Acad. Med. 26: 66, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. GogolakWeiss FME: The effect of antibiotics on agents of the psittacosislymphogranuloma group. II. The effect of Aureomycin, J. Infect. Dis. 87: 264-274, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. BrainerdLennetteMeiklejohnBruynClark HEHGHBWH: The clinical evaluation of Aureomycin, J. Clin. Investigation 28: 992-1005, 1949. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Woodward TE: Chloromycetin and Aureomycin: therapeutic results, Ann. Int. Med. 31: 53-82, 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar5. Green TW: Aureomycin therapy of human psittacosis, J. A. M. A. 144: 237-238, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. WellsFinland EBM: Comparative effect of Aureomycin and Chloromycetin on psittacosis infection in chick embryos, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 72: 365-368, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. HeilmanHerrellWellmanGeraci FKWEWEJE: Some laboratory and clinical observations on a new antibiotic, Erythromycin, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 27: 285, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. HerrellNicholsMartin WEDRWJ: Erythromycin for infections due to Micrococcus pyogenes , J. A. M. A. 152: 1601-1606 (Aug. 22) 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. KirbyForlandMaple WMTFM: Treatment of staphylococcic infections with Erythromycin, Arch. Int. Med. 92: 464-470 (Oct.) 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. ShoemakerYow EHEM: Clinical evaluation of Erythromycin, Arch. Int. Med. 93: 397-406 (Mar.) 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Finland M, quoted by Kirby et al.9 Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: WILLARD R. WARREN; EMMETT L. KEHOE*Received for publication October 23, 1954.†Commanding Officer, 33rd Field Hospital, APO 11, ℅ Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Formerly Chief of the Communicable Disease Section, U. S. Army Hospital, APO 180, ℅ Postmaster, New York, N. Y.‡Chief of the Medical Service, U. S. Army Hospital, APO 180, ℅ Postmaster, New York, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 April 1956Volume 44, Issue 4 Page: 796-806 Keywords Apolipoproteins Cellulitis Medical services Nurses Pneumonia Pneumonitis Psittacosis Staphylococcal infection Staphylococcus aureus Thrombosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...