The Use of Para-Aminobenzoic Acid in a Case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- 27 May 1948
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 238 (22) , 769
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm194805272382204
Abstract
PARA-AMINOBENZOIC acid was first reported in the treatment of louse-borne rickettsial diseases in 1942 by Snyder and his associates.1 After experimental work on the Rickettsia of Rocky Mountain spotted fever by Hamilton, Plotz and Smadel2 among others, its subsequent use in the treatment of human beings was reported by Rose et al.3 and other investigators. The patient in the following case was treated according to a schedule reported by Greeley.4 Case ReportA 4 1/2-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital on June 4, 1947, with a history of fever and rash over the upper and lower extremities of 2 . . .Keywords
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