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JOHN G. KUHNS, M.D.; EDWIN F. CAVE, M.D.; SUMNER M. ROBERTS, M.D.; JOSEPH S. BARR, M.D.; JOSEPH A. FREIBERG, M.D.; JOSEPH E. MILGRAM, M.D.; ROBERT I. STIRLING, F.R.C.S. (Edin.)

Arch Surg. 1934;29(3):511-526.

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TUBERCULOSIS

Human and Bovine Infection; Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis.

—Chang¹ analyzed 200 cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis to determine the percentage of human and bovine infections. In the whole group, 72.5 per cent were infected with tubercle bacilli of the human type and 27.5 per cent with the bovine type of organism. However, in young children the infection was predominantly bovine (71 per cent in the age group from 1 to 5). This indicates that milk-borne infection still plays a prominent rôle in the younger groups and that pasteurization of milk and tuberculin testing of cattle are still not universal.

Diagnosis of Surgical Tuberculosis.

—Blair and Hallman² advocated attempting to culture the tubercle bacillus as an aid in establishing definite diagnoses. One hundred and fifty specimens of synovial fluid, urine, pus, tissue and pleural exudate were studied. One hundred and six of the specimens were nontuberculous in origin and 44 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BOSTON; CINCINNATI; NEW YORK; EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

Footnotes
This report of progress is compiled from a review of 176 articles selected from 293 titles appearing in medical publications approximately between Nov. 4, 1933, and March 1, 1934. Only those which seemed to represent progress were selected for review.

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