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1 May 1964

Pneumococcal Bacteremia with Especial Reference to Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia

Publication: Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 60, Number 5
Twenty-five years have elapsed since the subject of pneumococcal bacteremia has been reviewed (1, 2). In that period many changes have taken place both in the treatment of this disorder and in the attitude of the medical profession toward it. The introduction of a series of antimicrobial drugs effective against all capsular types of pneumococcus has led to widespread abandonment of the more precise bacteriologic techniques designed for the recognition of this organism and secondarily to the impression that pneumococcal disease no longer constitutes a serious medical problem. To determine the validity of these practices and attitudes, established techniques for...

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cover image Annals of Internal Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 60Number 51 May 1964
Pages: 759 - 776

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Published in issue: 1 May 1964
Published online: 1 December 2008

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ROBERT AUSTRIAN, M.D.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
JEROME GOLD, M.D.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
From the Department of Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, the Medical Service of Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, and the Department of Research Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
These data were presented in part at the 76th Session of the Association of American Physicians, April 30, 1963.
Requests for reprints should be addressed to Robert Austrian, M.D., Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4, Pennsylvania.

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ROBERT AUSTRIAN, JEROME GOLD. Pneumococcal Bacteremia with Especial Reference to Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia. Ann Intern Med.1964;60:759-776. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-60-5-759

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