Sonne Dysentery

The Use of Sulfaguanidine for Prophylaxis in Sonne Bacillary Dysentery, and in the Control of the Carrier State *

In an earlier paper the therapeutic effectiveness of sulfathiazole used during the acute stages of Sonne bacillary dysentery was demonstrated.5 However, it was shown also that sulfonamide therapy did not curtail the period during which the Sonne organism could be recovered by rectal cultures. Actually, there appeared to be statistical evidence that this period was prolonged when compared with u...

Amœbic Dysentery

A Comparative Study of Dysentery and Dysentery-like Organisms

The group of dysentery organisms is a large and. varied one. It may be divided, as is well known, into two main sub-groups, the "Shiga-Kruse" and the "mannit-fermenters," which are of equal importance and entirely distinct. If we take decided differences in agglutination, as determined by absorptions, as a criterion of specificity, the latter group includes at least four distinct species with a...

Dysentery and Colitis

This is an ever-recurrent subject of considerable contemporary importance and it is one which, in view of therapeutic advances, calls for a periodic review. As a result of the recent war large numbers of ex-Service personnel who have served in India, Burma and in the Far East are. still suffering from and will continue to exhibit recurring symptoms of these disorders for some time to come. Of t...

Dysentery and Colitis

This is an ever-recurrent subject of considerable contemporary importance and it is one which, in view of therapeutic advances, calls for a periodic review. As a result of the recent war large numbers of ex-Service personnel who have served in India, Burma and in the Far East are. still suffering from and will continue to exhibit recurring symptoms of these disorders for some time to come. Of t...