The Relationship of Certain Focal Infections to General Disease in Infants and Young Children

Article1 July 1927The Relationship of Certain Focal Infections to General Disease in Infants and Young ChildrenMCKIM MARRIOTT, M.D.MCKIM MARRIOTT, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-1-1-1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring recent years, much evidence has accumulated to emphasize the importance of focal infections in the causation of general disease during infancy and childhood. We have gradually come to realize that certain conditions, which previously have been regarded as nutritional and metabolic in origin, are in reality the result of infection. Certain infections such as those in tonsils and adenoids, middle ear, chest, genito-urinary system, bones and skin, can usually be recognized without much difficulty, by anyone who conducts a systematic search. There are other locations, however, in which infections occur which are not so obvious: for example in the...Bibliography(1) ALDENLYMAN AMHW: Gastro-intestinal Disturbances in Infants as a Result of Obscure Infection in the Mastoid. The Laryngoscope, Aug., 1925. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(2) DU VERNEY , quoted by Troltsch: Lehrbuch der Ohrenheilkunde, 1881, 431. Google Scholar(3) HARTMANN : Die Einwirkung der Otitis Media der Säuglinge auf den Verdauungs-apparat. Zeitschrift fur Ohrenheilkunde, xxxiv, p. i, 1898. Google Scholar(4) RENAUD M: Bulletins et Memoires de la Societé Médicale des Hôpitaux, Paris, xlv, 1326, 1352, 1384. Google Scholar(5) BYFIELD : Section on Systemic Effects of Chronic Infection in the Upper Respiratory Tract. Abt's Pediatrics, Vol. iii, p. 786. Google Scholar(6) FLOYD : Masked Mastoiditis Simulating Alimentary Intoxication (Anhydremia), Archives of Oto-Laryngology, I. 411. Google Scholar(7) BRENNEMAN J: The Abdominal Pain of Throat Infections, Amer. J. Dis. Child., xxii, 493, (Nov.) 1921. Google Scholar(8) CLAUSEN SW: Parenchymatous Nephritis. II. Infection of Paranasal Sinuses as Etiology. Amer. J. Dis. Child., May, 1925, xxix, 587. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(9) CLAUSEN SW: III. The Surface Tension of the Blood Serum, Ibid., xxix, 594. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: St. Louis, Mo.*From the Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and the St. Louis Children's Hospital.**Read before the American College of Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, February 24, 1927. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byWilliams McKim Marriott 1885–1936 1 July 1927Volume 1, Issue 1Page: 1-8KeywordsChildrenHospital medicineInfantsInfectious diseasesNutritionPediatric infectionsPediatricsSkin infectionsThoraxTonsils ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1927 PDF downloadLoading ...