Pulmonary Torulosis: Report of a Case

Case Reports1 September 1935PULMONARY TORULOSIS: REPORT OF A CASEROBERT M. HARDAWAY, M.D., PAUL M. CRAWFORD, M.D., F.A.C.P.ROBERT M. HARDAWAY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL M. CRAWFORD, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-3-334 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSystemic infections due toTorula histolyticaare uncommon, a total of 45 authentic cases having been collected from the literature up to 1934, by Johns and Attaway.1These authors added one case of their own. Thirty-one cases occurred in the United States. The fact that 36 cases have been reported in the past decade is a probable indication that fewer cases are going unrecognized than formerly. Previous to publication of the monograph of Stoddard and Cutler2classification of the pathogenic yeasts was based on incomplete data and the medical nomenclature of infections produced by them was in a state of...Bibliography1. JOHNSATTAWAY FMCL: Torula meningitis, Am. Jr. Clin. Path., 1933, iii, 459-465. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. STODDARDCUTLER JLEC: Mongr. Rockefeller Inst. Med. Res., 1916, No. 6. Google Scholar3. STONESTURDIVANT WJBF: Meningoencephalitis due to Torula histolytica , Arch. Int. Med., 1929, xliv, 560-575. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. SHEPPE WM: Torula infection in man, Am. Jr. Med Sci., 1924, clxvii, 91-108. Google Scholar5. RAPPAPORTKAPLAN BZB: Generalized torula mycosis, Arch. Path. and Lab. Med., 1926, i, 720-741. Google Scholar6. FREEMAN W: Torula infection of central nervous system, Jr. f. Psychol. u. Neurol., 1931, xliii, 236-345. Google Scholar7. BERGHAUSEN O: Torula infection in man, ANN. INT. MED., 1927, i, 235-240. LinkGoogle Scholar8. MCGEHEEMICHELSON JLID: Torula infection in man, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1926, xlii, 803-808. Google Scholar9. HIRSCHCOLEMAN EFGH: Acute miliary torulosis of lungs, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1929, xcii, 437-438. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SHAPIRONEAL LLJB: Torula meningitis, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1925, xiii, 174-190. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan*Received for publication April 8, 1935.From the Medical Service, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado. Published by permission of the Surgeon General, U. S. Army.†Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, U. S. Army.‡Major, Medical Corps, U. S. Army. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCryptococcosisPilzerkrankungen der LungePRIMARY PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSISDie Pilzerkrankungen der LungePulmonary CryptococcosisMykosen der inneren OrganeDie Pilzerkrankungen der LungeDie Pilzerkrankungen der LungeDie MykosenDie MykosenDie Torulopsis neoformans-InfektionCryptococcosisPulmonary Cryptococcosis Report of a Case with Surgical Cure 1 September 1935Volume 9, Issue 3Page: 334-340KeywordsBacteriologyMedical servicesPathogensResearch laboratoriesSurgeonsYeast infections ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1935 PDF downloadLoading ...