Pneumococcal Bacteremia with Especial Reference to Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia

作者：ROBERT C. AUSTRIAN, JEROME GOLD · 发表于：Annals of Internal Medicine · 年份：1964 · DOI：10.7326/0003-4819-60-5-759 · 被引用次数：926 · 研究领域：Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections、Streptococcal Infections and Treatments、Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus

Article1 May 1964Pneumococcal Bacteremia with Especial Reference to Bacteremic Pneumococcal PneumoniaROBERT AUSTRIAN, M.D., JEROME GOLD, M.D.ROBERT AUSTRIAN, M.D., JEROME GOLD, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-5-759 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTwenty-five years have elapsed since the subject of pneumococcal bacteremia has been reviewed (1, 2). In that period many changes have taken place both in the treatment of this disorder and in the attitude of the medical profession toward it. The introduction of a series of antimicrobial drugs effective against all capsular types of pneumococcus has led to widespread abandonment of the more precise bacteriologic techniques designed for the recognition of this organism and secondarily to the impression that pneumococcal disease no longer constitutes a serious medical problem. To determine the validity of these practices and attitudes, established techniques for...References1. TILGHMANFINLAND RCM: Clinical significance of bacteremia in pneumococcal pneumonia. Arch. Intern. Med. (Chicago) 59: 602, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BULLOWA JG: The Management of the Pneumonias, Oxford University Press, New York, 1937. Google Scholar3. MACLEODAUSTRIANFINLAND CMRM: Pneumococcus, in Diagnostic Procedures and Reagents, American Public Health Association, New York, 1963, pp. 222-30. Google Scholar4....