Editorial1 December 1939RECENT OBSERVATIONS ON PLEUROPNEUMONIA-LIKE ORGANISMSP. C.P. C.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-6-1089 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecent investigations have aroused great interest among bacteriologists in the so-called pleuropneumonia group of organisms. Study of this group has been relatively neglected, partly because of technical difficulties in maintaining cultures and partly because it has not been known to be important as a cause of disease in man.The first known species of this group of organisms was isolated by Nocard in 1898 from the lungs and pleural exudates of cattle dying of pleuropneumonia. He first obtained his cultures by growing the organisms within collodion sacs inserted into the peritoneal cavity of rabbits. Later he obtained them also in...1 LEDINGHAM JC: Growth phases of pleuropneumonia and agalactia on liquid and solid media, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1933, xxxvii, 393-410. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 KLIENEBERGER E: Colonial development of the organisms of pleuropneumonia and agalactia on serum agar and variations of the morphology under different conditions of growth, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1934, xxxix, 409. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 KLIENEBERGER E: The natural occurrence of pleuropneumonia-like organisms in apparent symbiosis with Streptobacillus moniliformis and other bacteria, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1935, xl, 93-105. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 PARKERHUDSON FNR: The etiology of Haverhill fever (erythema arthriticum epidemicum), Am. Jr. Path., 1926, ii, 357-379. Google Scholar5 DIENESEDSALL LG: Observations on the L-organism of Klieneberger, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1937, xxxvi, 740-744. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 KLIENEBERGERSTEABBEN EDB: On a pleuropneumonia-like organism in lung lesions of rats, with notes on the clinical and pathological features of the underlying condition, Jr. Hyg., 1937, xxxvii, 143. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 KLIENEBERGER E: Studies on pleuropneumonia-like organisms : the L4 organism as the cause of Woglom's "pyogenic virus," Jr. Hyg., 1939, xxxix, 260-265. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 FINDLAY GM: Rolling Disease: New syndrome in mice associated with a pleuropneumonia-like organism, Lancet, 1938, ii, 1511-1513. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 SABIN AB: Isolation of a filtrable transmissible agent with "neurolytic" properties from toxoplasma-infected tissue, Science, 1938, lxxxviii, 189-190. Also ibid., 575-576. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 FINDLAY GM: The etiology of polyarthritis in the rat, Lancet, 1939, ii, 7-10. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 SABIN AB: Experimental proliferative arthritis in mice produced by filtrable pleuropneumonia-like microörganisms, Science, 1939, lxxxix, 228-229. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 SWIFTBROWN HFTM: Pathogenic pleuropneumonia-like microörganisms from acute rheumatic exudates and tissues, Science, 1939, lxxxix, 271-272. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 December 1939Volume 13, Issue 6Page: 1089-1093KeywordsLungsRabbits Issue Published: 1 December 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...