BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS

作者：LEON V. MCVAY, DOUGLAS H. SPRUNT · 发表于：Annals of Internal Medicine · 年份：1952 · DOI：10.7326/0003-4819-36-1-56 · 被引用次数：41 · 研究领域：Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing、Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases、Nosocomial Infections in ICU

Article1 January 1952BACTEROIDES INFECTIONSLEON V. MCVAY JR., M.D., DOUGLAS H. SPRUNT, M.D., F.A.C.P.LEON V. MCVAY JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DOUGLAS H. SPRUNT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-1-56 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThere is probably no subject in modern medicine more neglected than that of Bacteroides-caused infections. Recent textbooks of internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, urology, otolaryngology, and even bacteriology scarcely mention this condition. Yet 35 such cases have been observed at the John Gaston Hospital in the past five years. It is our impression that Bacteroides infections occur much more frequently than would be concluded from a review of the literature. There are many reasons why infections with these organisms may go undiagnosed. The textbooks of bacteriology give little or no information concerning them, so that it is quite difficult for the...Bibliography1. Dubos RJ: Bacterial and mycotic infections of man, 1948, Lippincott and Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Google Scholar2. ThompsonBeaver LDC: Bacteremia due to anaerobic gram-negative organisms of the genus Bacteroides, M. Clin. North America 15: 1611-1626, 1932. Google Scholar3. CastellaniChalmers AAJ: Manual of tropical medicine, 3d Ed., 1919, William Wood and Co., New York. Cr...