Epidemic Respiratory Disease: The pneumonias and other infections of the repiratory tract accompanying influenza and measlesOpie, Eugene L. (Eugene Lindsay)
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Epidemic Respiratory Disease: The pneumonias and other infections of the repiratory tract accompanying influenza and measles
=Hemolytic Streptococci in the Throats of Normal Men.=—A total of 274
throat cultures from normal men on duty at Camp Funston (Table LVI)
shows that 21.9 per cent carried hemolytic streptococci at a time when
there were few upper respiratory infections in the camp. A small group
of men resident in the hospital shows a slightly higher prevalence of
hemolytic streptococci (29.3 per cent).
The figures in Table LVI are in sharp contrast with those for measles
patients on admission to the hospital.
TABLE LVI
INCIDENCE OF HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCI, CAMP FUNSTON.
════════════════════════════════════╤════════╤════════════╤════════════
│ │ │ PER CENT
│ │ HEMOLYTIC │ WITH
│ NUMBER │STREPTOCOCCI│ HEMOLYTIC
│EXAMINED│ PRESENT │STREPTOCOCCI
────────────────────────────────────┼────────┼────────────┼────────────
(_a_) White Men: │ │ │
70th Infantry │ 24│ 4│ 16.7
210th Engineers, Co. C │ 26│ 6│ 23.1
164th Depot Brigade, Co. 15 │ 50│ 10│ 20.0
164th Depot Brigade, Co. 18 │ 51│ 13│ 25.5
164th Depot Brigade, Co. 28 │ 50│ 13│ 26.0
────────────────────────────────────┼────────┼────────────┼────────────
Total │ 201│ 46│ 22.9
│ │ │
(_b_) Colored Men, Detention Camp │ │ │
No. 2: │ │ │
164th Depot Brigade, Prov. Co. 22 │ 25│ 6│ 24.0
3d Development Battalion, Co. A │ 24│ 3│ 12.5
3d Development Battalion, Co. D │ 24│ 5│ 20.8
────────────────────────────────────┼────────┼────────────┼────────────
Total │ 73│ 14│ 19.2
│ │ │
(_c_) Men resident in the hospital: │ │ │
Laboratory workers │ 10│ 3│ 30.0
Patients in surgical ward │ 14│ 4│ 28.6
────────────────────────────────────┼────────┼────────────┼────────────
Total │ 24│ 7│ 29.3
────────────────────────────────────┴────────┴────────────┴────────────
Two organizations from which normal men were chosen for examination
furnished a considerable number of cases of measles and offer data
(Table LVII, A and B) for further comparison.
TABLE LVII
A. HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCI WITH MEASLES IN 164TH DEPOT BRIGADE, COMPANY
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