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USE OF THE SCHILLING DIFFERENTIAL LEUKOCYTE COUNT

CYRIL M. MacBRYDE, M.D.; CECIL M. CHARLES, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1935;56(5):935-943.

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The differential diagnosis of rubella is of importance for two reasons: first, to distinguish it from toxic rashes and thus prevent the spread of the disease and, second, to distinguish it from scarlet fever and measles and thus permit the care necessary in these more serious conditions. Rubella is usually considered a benign disease. Deaths, however, occur. Carrieu, Lamy and Bouchet¹ reported two fatal cases in young children. Belson² stated that from 1914 through 1929 there were 26 deaths in 35,879 cases reported in Massachusetts.

Complications are rare, but may be serious. Geiger³ described an epidemic in which arthritis was frequent; otitis media, acute nephritis and endocarditis also were observed. Severe symptomatic purpura haemorrhagica with recovery has been described by Pitten⁴ and Gunn.⁵ Suppuration of the cervical lymph nodes, bronchitis and epistaxis occurred in the epidemic reported by Carrieu, Lamy and Bouchet. Involvement of joints, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ST. LOUIS

From the Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, and the City Isolation Hospital.

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