Effects of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone in Pneumonia: Clinical, Bacteriological and Serological Studies

Article1 November 1950EFFECTS OF ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE IN PNEUMONIA: CLINICAL, BACTERIOLOGICAL AND SEROLOGICAL STUDIESEDWARD H. KASS, PH.D., M.D., SIDNEY H. INGBAR, M.D., MAXWELL FINLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.EDWARD H. KASS, PH.D., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SIDNEY H. INGBAR, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MAXWELL FINLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-5-1081 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough adrenal cortical and pituitary adrenocorticotropic hormones have produced remarkable alterations in the course of many clinical disorders,5, 9the mechanisms by which these changes are induced remain obscure. Immunologic factors have been considered to play an important rôle in the pathogenesis of, or recovery from, many of the diseases in which cortisone and ACTH have exerted apparently beneficial effects. Because adrenal hormones have been implicated in immunologic processes,9, 10attempts have been made to explain the effects of cortisone and ACTH in terms of immunologic mechanisms. However, it is obviously difficult to study the effects of ACTH on immunologic...Bibliography1. CecilBaldwinLarsen RLHSNP: Lobar pneumonia. A clinical and bacteriologic study of 2000 typed cases, Arch. Int. Med. 40: 253-280, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. FinlandDowling MHF: Pneumococcus type II and type V infections, Arch. Int. Med. 58: 598-619, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. FinlandKassIngbar MEHSH: Effects of ACTH in primary atypical (viral) pneumonia and in pneumococcal pneumonia (Preliminary report). In Proc. 1st Clinical ACTH Conference, Ed. J. R. Mote, Philadelphia, Blakiston Co., 1950, pp. 529-535. 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White A: Relation of adrenals to immunity, Bull. New York Acad. Med. 24: 26-31, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Received for publication July 7, 1950.From the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services (Harvard), Boston City Hospital and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.Aided by a grant from the United States Public Health Service.†Senior Fellow in Virus Diseases, National Research Council.‡Furnished by Dr. John R. Mote, of the Armour Laboratories. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHistorical OverviewEndocrine Changes in Critical IllnessA Review of the Adrenal Cortex and Severe Inflammation: Quest of the ???Eucorticoid??? 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