200 CASES OF ACUTE LOBAR PNEUMONIA.

Organizing Lobar Pneumonia: Report of a Case

Organizing Lobar Pneumonia is a rare form of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia.  Herein, we report a rare case of organizing pneumonia involving lung, mediastinum and esophagus.  A 16-year-old girl was referred to our center with clinical signs and symptoms of dysphagia and weight loss.  The main abnormal radiologic and endoscopic findings were stricture of the lower third of esopha...

The Treatment of Acute Lobar Pneumonia.

Antibody Formation in Cases of Lobar Pneumonia Treated with Sulfathiazole.

Early in 1940'we published a report (1) on antibody formation in cases of lobar pneumonia treated with sulfapyridine. In nineteen treated cases of pneumococcus pneumonia repeatedly studied during the acute phase of the disease and during convalescence, an excess of type-specific antibody was only demonstrated in the serum of four. In the past it has often been shown that spontaneous recovery fr...

Antibody Formation in Cases of Lobar Pneumonia Treated with Sulfapyridine.

Allergic Lobar Pneumonia

The injection of small amounts (1 cc.) of horse serum into the lungs of normal rabbits produces a transient pneumonitis confined to the dorsal aspect of both lungs. The injection of the same amount of horse serum into the lungs of rabbits that have been previously sensitized to the same serum causes in a high percentage of cases a lesion which is confined to one lung with the gross and microsco...