Article1 June 1934TULAREMIC PNEUMONIAP. G. BOMAN, M.D., A. J. BIANCO, M.D.P. G. BOMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, A. J. BIANCO, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-12-1491 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptUntil recently many observers have considered the presence of pneumonia in cases of tularemia as an intercurrent infection. Several published necropsy reports refer to more or less extensive bronchopneumonia without directly attributing it to the tularemic infection.Permar and MacLachlan,1in reviewing the reported fatal cases, found that 36 per cent showed pneumonia either clinically or at autopsy and that in 62.5 per cent of the autopsied cases there was diffuse pneumonic involvement. In correlating the pathological reports in published cases with their own observations they believe that tularemic pneumonia presents morphologic changes which are specific for tularemia. These morphologic...Bibliography1. PERMARMACLACHLAN HHWW: Tularemic pneumonia, ANN. INT. MED., 1931, v, 687-698. Google Scholar2. FRANCIS E: Symptoms, diagnosis and pathology of tularemia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 1155-1161. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SANTE LR: Pulmonary infection in tularemia, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1931, xxv, 241-242. Google Scholar4. TUREEN LL: Tularemic pneumonia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcix, 1501-1502. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Duluth, Minnesota*Read before the Minnesota Society of Internal Medicine, May 15, 1933.From The Duluth Clinic and St. Mary's Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1934Volume 7, Issue 12Page: 1491-1495KeywordsAutopsyPneumoniaTularemia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1934 PDF downloadLoading ...