Aureomycin Therapy of Human Psittacosis

Recent reports have shown that aureomycin has a pronounced therapeutic effect on experimental psittacosis in animals.¹The only reports on the use of this drug in human psittacosis are those of Brainerd and his associates,²who noted favorable results in 1 proved case and 2 probable cases, and Woodward³who observed a similar effect in 1 patient. A case of psittacosis resulting from a single accidental exposure to strain 6BC is reported herein. This illness is of interest because it provides precise information as to the length of the incubation period and also demonstrates the therapeutic effectiveness of aureomycin. REPORT OF A CASE History.— N. D. R., a 32 year old male office worker, entered the hospital on Dec. 1, 1949 with the complaints of fever, headache and cough. He had been well until four days prior to admission, when he noticed that the inhalation of