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
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NAME │ CULTURES AT AUTOPSY
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„ │ HEART’S BLOOD │ BRONCHUS │ LUNGS
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Pvt. Gal. │ │Pn. Type III │Pn. Type III
│ │B. influenzæ │Pn. Type IV
│ │Staphylococcus │B. influenzæ
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Pvt. Sug. │Pn. Type III │Pn. Type III │Pn. Type III
│ │Pn. Type IV │Pn. Type IV
│ │B. influenzæ │B. influenzæ
│ │Staphylococcus │
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Pvt. Hig. │S. hemolyticus │ │Pn. Type II
│ │ │Pn. Type IV
│ │ │S. hemolyticus
│ │ │Staph. aureus
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Pvt. Can. │Pn. Type I │ │Pn. Type III
│ │ │S. hemolyticus
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Pvt. Fer. │Sterile │Pn. Type IV │Pn. Type I
│ │B. influenzæ │Pn. Type IV
│ │Staphylococcus │B. influenzæ
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The foregoing data show that infection with one type of pneumococcus may
readily be superimposed upon or closely follow infection with another
type. Cases have been cited in which it was clearly demonstrated that
this was due to contact infection. It is furthermore evident that
pneumonia caused by one type of pneumococcus affords no reliable
immunity against pneumonia caused by another type. The same conditions
that favored the spread of hemolytic streptococcus infection also
favored the transfer of pneumococcus infection from patient to patient.
Secondary Contact Infection in Influenza
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