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ENDEMIC PNEUMONIAPNEUMOCOCCIC TYPES AND THEIR VARIATIONS IN AND MORTALITY FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN
JESSE G. M. BULLOWA, M.D.;
CLARE WILCOX
Arch Intern Med. 1937;59(3):394-407.
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Classification of the types of pneumococci in endemic pneumonia was incomplete previous to and during the earliest part of our work. Originally group IV contained types IV to XXXII, and at least three different specific types were included in type II and two in type III. Since the more comprehensive classification of Cooper1 and her co-workers has been accepted, the distribution of the types of pneumococci in endemic pneumonia has been studied in various parts of the world. These types have occurred in differing proportions, according to reports published in New York,2 Boston3 and San Francisco4 and in Great Britain,5 Germany,6 Holland,7 India8 and South Africa.9
We have studied the 4,048 cases of endemic pneumococcic infection recorded during seven years, 1928 to 1935, at the Harlem Hospital. There were 2,708 cases of pneumonia in adults and 663 cases of pneumonia (primary) in children, a total of 3,371 cases.10
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Author Affiliations
Clinical Professor of Medicine, the New York University College of Medicine; Visiting Physician, the Harlem Hospital; Bacteriologist, the Littauer Pneumonia Research Fund of the New York University, Harlem Hospital Station NEW YORK
From the Littauer Pneumonia Research Fund of the New York University College of Medicine; from the Medical Service, the Harlem Hospital (Department of Hospitals), and from the Research Laboratories (Department of Health) of the City of New York.
Footnotes
This study received financial support in part from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
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