TREATMENT OF PULMONARY ACTINOMYCOSIS WITH CHLORAMPHENICOL
- 23 February 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 148 (8) , 608-612
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1952.02930080018006
Abstract
Actinomycosis was first described in the cervicofacial form in cattle by Bollinger1in 1877. His botanical colleague, Harz,2observed the radiate formation of the micro-organism, and applying the term "actinomyces" from the Greek to connote "ray-fungus," named the disease "actinomycosis." It was not until the following year, however, that the first case of actinomycosis in a human being was reported by Israël.3By 1885 he had accumulated data on 38 cases, and had written the first comprehensive, clinical description of the disease in man.4Together with Wolff5in 1891, he described the etiologic agent and its anaerobic growth in detail. Until the appearance of the sixth edition of "Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology"6in 1948, numerous investigators held the opinion that actinomycosis in cattle and man was caused by the same anaerobic micro-organism, and, depending on the investigator, called it either Actinomyces bovis orKeywords
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