PNEUMOCOCCUS TYPE II PNEUMONIA
- 5 March 1932
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 98 (10) , 779-786
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1932.02730360001001
Abstract
In a previous article, we1have analyzed 1,161 cases of pneumococcus type I pneumonia treated in the wards of Bellevue Hospital, and have pointed out the beneficial effect of serum therapy in this type of infection. In the present article, we propose to discuss pneumococcus type II pneumonia and to report our results in the treatment of this disease with specific antipneumococcus serum. This investigation comprises 1,000 cases of type II pneumonia from the wards of Bellevue Hospital, and covers a consecutive series except for the year 1925-1926, which is not included because the records for that winter are incomplete. So far as we know, this is the first clinical study ever published in which pneumococcus type II pneumonia is considered as a separate entity. In 1927, Baldwin and Rhoades2contributed an article on the specific therapy of type II pneumonia, in which they discussed the effect ofKeywords
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