The Pathogenicity of the Avian Tubercle Bacillus

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Until recent years the avian tubercle bacillus has received very little attention from the host of investigators in the field of tuberculosis. The most plausible explanation for this neglect appears to be the generally accepted view that the avian tubercle bacillus is only slightly pathogenic for mammalia. Koch, in 1890, raised the practical question as to whether the avian bacillus might be pathogenic for human beings and suggested continued study of this point through efforts to cultivate this organism from human disease. Plum (Copenhagen, 1925), in a recent monograph on the incidence of avian tuberculosis in mammalia finds in a review of the literature and from personal observations, that the avian bacillus is pathogenic in varying degrees for man and other mammalian animals. Isolated instance of spontaneous avian infection in man have been reported (Löwenstein, Pansini, Joannovic, Landouzy and others). The majority of these cases were characterized by a septicaemic type of disease.

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