Leukemia and tuberculosis.

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Article1 July 1959LEUKEMIA AND TUBERCULOSISCLIFTON P. LOWTHER, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.F.P.S.G., M.R.C.P.E.CLIFTON P. LOWTHER, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.F.P.S.G., M.R.C.P.E.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-1-52 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptProbably the most important question still not resolved in the literature of leukemia is that concerning the relation of the disease to infection. Infection may stimulate blood changes which would be regarded as leukemic by all but the most cautious of hematologists. It has also been noted that infection can cause the leukemic blood and marrow pictures to revert almost to normal. There is no proof, however, that infection can either give rise to or cure true leukemia.The infection about which most has been written concerning its relation to leukemia is undoubtedly tuberculosis. As late as 1956 Rosenthal,1in...Bibliography1. Rosenthal FD: Tuberculosis and leukaemia, Brit. J. Tuberc. 50: 313, 1956. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Susman WJ: An enquiry into the relations of leukaemia and tuberculosis, Practitioner 71: 536, 1903. Google Scholar3. ParkerJacksonBethea FHJM: Study of diseases of the lymphoid and myeloid tissues, Am. J. M. Sc. 184: 694, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WintrobeHasenbush MMLL: Chronic leukemia, Arch. Int. Med. 64: 701, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. KirshbaumPreuss JDFS: Leukemia—a clinical and pathological study of 123 fatal cases in a series of 14,400 necropsies, Arch. Int. Med. 71: 777, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. AbbatLea JDAJ: Leukaemia and pulmonary tuberculosis, Lancet 2: 917, 1957. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. GauldInnesRobson WRJHN: A survey of 647 cases of leukaemia, 1938-51, Brit. M. J. 1: 585, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Edinburgh,*Received for publication August 4, 1958.From the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Clifton P. Lowther, M.B., Ch.B., Senior Medical Registrar, Medical Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh 4, Scotland. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byComprometimento pulmonar nas leucemias: avaliação por tomografia computadorizada de alta resoluçãoCoexisting extrapulmonary tuberculosis and malignancyOpportunistic pulmonary infections with fludarabine in previously treated patients with low-grade lymphoid malignancies: A role for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxisMycobacteriosis and Nocardiosis in the Immunocompromised HostTuberculosis and the haemopoietic systemCase 35-1988Mycobacterial and Nocardial Infections in the Compromised HostMycobacterial and Nocardial Infections in the Compromised HostTuberculosis and adenocarcinoma of prostate glandCarcinoma of the palatine tonsil co-existing with tuberculosisTuberculosis in the immunosuppressed patientAkute Leukämie (aL)Gaucher's disease associated with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, gout and carcinomaTuberculosis complicating neoplastic disease.A review of 201 casesTuberculosis and the blood — A special relationship?Tuberculosis and Blood DisordersCase 8-1970Case 37-1969Pulmonary complications of acute leukemiaWas bedeutet Kreuzbruch für die Großschmetterlingsfauna der Mark Brandenburg? 1 July 1959Volume 51, Issue 1Page: 52-56KeywordsBloodBone marrowHematology and oncologyInfectious diseasesTuberculosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...