Gastric Acidity and Cholera

Comments and Corrections1 May 1973Gastric Acidity and CholeraRALPH A. GIANNELLA, M.D., SELWYN A. BROITMAN, PH.D., NORMAN ZAMCHECK, M.D.RALPH A. GIANNELLA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SELWYN A. BROITMAN, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, NORMAN ZAMCHECK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-78-5-780_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: In the February issue of the ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE we reviewed data bearing on the hypothesis that individuals with reduced or absent gastric acid secretion are unduly susceptible to enteric infections (1).We should like to call attention to the recently published paper of Sack and associates (2), cited in abstract in our review, dealing with the interaction of gastric acid secretion and cholera. These investigators studied acid secretion in patients with cholera and nonvibrio diarrhea (no pathogen found), and in two control groups—hospitalized patients from the same socioeconomic group as those with cholera and normal...References1. GIANNELLABROITMANZAMCHECK RSN: Infuence of gastric acidity on bacterial and parasitic enteric infections. A perspective. Ann Intern Med 78:271-276, 1973 LinkGoogle Scholar2. SACKPIERCEHENNESSEY GNK: Gastric acidity in cholera and noncholera diarrhea. Bull WHO 47: 31-36, 1972 MedlineGoogle Scholar3. HORNICKMUSICWENZEL RSR: The Broad Street pump revisited: response of volunteers to ingested cholera vibrios. Bull NY Acad Med 47:1181-1191, 1971 MedlineGoogle Scholar4. GITELSON S: Gastrectomy, achlorhydria and cholera, Isr J Med Sci 7:663-667, 1971 MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByVibrio comma and pHHOBART A. REIMANN, M.D. 1 May 1973Volume 78, Issue 5Page: 780-780KeywordsCholeraDiarrheaPathogens Issue Published: 1 May 1973 PDF DownloadLoading ...