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A Follow-up Study

BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, M.D.; LEON J. SPITZ, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1952;89(4):541-546.

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HISTOPLASMOSIS in its acute form occurs either as a benign or as a fulminating fatal disease. Previous reports of the disease indicate that it has occurred sporadically and not in epidemic form. We have had the opportunity to follow up 1 of 26 cases of diffuse pneumonitis which occurred as an epidemic at Camp Gruber, Okla., in 1944 and was reported as "An Unusual Pulmonary Disease."¹ This case is presented in detail, since we feel that it will aid in establishing the origin of this epidemic as an infection with Histoplasma capsulatum.

REPORT OF A CASE

R. W., a white man, was admitted to the United States Army Station Hospital, Camp Gruber, Okla., on March 28, 1944, acutely ill, complaining of chills and fever, sweating, generalized aching, headache, and nonproductive cough. In the next few days 25 other soldiers in his company were admitted to this hospital with similar . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BROOKLYN; NEW YORK

From the Veterans Administration Regional Office, Brooklyn.

Footnotes
Reviewed in the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are the result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration.

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