PNEUMONIA DUE TO PROTEUS MIRABILIS TREATED WITH PENICILLIN AND STREPTOMYCIN

27 September 1947

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA

Vol. 135 (4) , 222-223
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1947.62890040002006a

Abstract

Many cases of dysentery and infections of the urinary tract caused by organisms in the Proteus group have appeared in the literature.¹These are low grade infections and carry a low mortality rate. Less frequently have otitis media, septicemia and abscess of the brain been due to these organisms.¹The mortality rate in these cases, however, has been high. The only other reported cases of pulmonary involvement due to Proteus organisms have been 2 cases of pleurisy and 1 case of multiple pulmonary abscesses, all of which were fatal.²No previous report of pneumonia due to a Proteus organism could be found. REPORT OF CASE History. A white woman aged 63, married, was admitted to the Evanston Hospital on June 13, 1946 with complaints of Chills, vomiting, nausea and diarrhea for one week. In addition she had complained for three years of a severe backache, which was

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