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LIEUTENANT JORDAN M. SCHER, U.S.N.R.; COMMANDER EDWARD JARUSZEWSKI, U.S.N.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1952;90(2):201-216.

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FEW REPORTS of clinical pulmonary infiltration in uncomplicated virus influenza have been published,¹ and one² has appeared on a series in which there was secondary pulmonary involvement in many of the cases. In only two of these reports³ were virus studies presented to confirm the etiological agent. It is the purpose of this paper to describe a benign pulmonary infiltration observed in a high proportion of patients in a recent epidemic of proved influenza. An attempt is made to compare the clinical manifestations in the group with infiltration and in that without infiltration, to provide further data on the relation of this infiltration to secondary bacterial pneumonia, and to discuss the effect of chemotherapy upon both groups.

METHODS

Eighty-two patients were referred to the U. S. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, from the Receiving Station and ships of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and 24 from other military and civilian . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, United States Naval Hospital, Philadelphia.

Footnotes
The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not reflect the policy of the Navy Department.