A Review of 274 Cases of Lobar Pneumonia Treated with M. & B. 693. With an Analysis of the Less Successful Responses

Treatment of Lobar Pneumonia with M. & B. 693

The introduction of antipneumococcal serum in the treatment of pneumococcal infections constituted the first real advance in pneumonia therapy in recent years. It was the only treatment to give consistently good results. The great expense, the special facilities needed for typing, and the fact that treatment is most efficacious when instituted before the third day of the disease, made its gener...

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...

Identification of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and Mycoplasma arginini in sheep with pneumonia in North East of Iran

Background: Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma infections can cause serious health problems and economic losses in small ruminants industry. Aims: The aim of this study was isolation and identification of Mycoplasmas in sheep naturally infected with pneumonia in Northeastern Iran. Methods: This study used histopathology, culture and ...

Recovery from Pneumococcal Meningitis Treated with M. & B. 693

Before the advent of cbemotherapeutic treatment of pneumococcal meningitis with M. & B. ^93 tablets, the prognosis in this disease was hopeless?once the case was diagnosed as Pneumococcal meningitis, not even the remotest chance of its recovery was there. Ever since & B. 693 came to occupy the place it now does in the treatment of lobar pneumonia, hopes were aroused regarding the treatment of p...

Treatment of Lobar Pneumonia with M. & B. 693