The treatment of bacteriemias with sulfanilamide
UTHSC Affiliation
College of Medicine
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1944
Publication Title
Science
Volume
100
Issue
2602
Abstract
1. 1. Puerperal bacteriemia is more common than generally recognized. 2. 2. During the period of this study 1927 to 1937, 15,000 patients were delivered. 3. 3. There were 54 patients with positive blood stream infection, an average of 3.5 per cent per 1,000. 4. 4. Hemolytic streptococcus accounted for 34 out of 54 organisms isolated. 5. 5. There were 24 deaths out of 54 cases, mortality 44.4 per cent. 6. 6. This study indicates that there has been a gradual, if not actual, reduction in ratio for type of therapy. 7. 7. Sulfanilamide alone or with transfusion seemed to offer a sense of security, which otherwise has been absent; in that among the last 9 patients treated with this drug, there were no deaths. © 1940.
Recommended Citation
Reinberger, J.
(1944).
The treatment of bacteriemias with sulfanilamide.
Science,
100(2602).
http://doi.org/10.1126/science.100.2602.428.a
Retrieved from: https://dc.uthsc.edu/fac_pubs/183