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. 1917 Oct 1;26(4):513-35.
doi: 10.1084/jem.26.4.513.

FURTHER STUDIES ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF LOBAR PNEUMONIA

E G Stillman  1
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FURTHER STUDIES ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF LOBAR PNEUMONIA

E G Stillman. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

1. Pneumococci of Type I and Type II are responsible for the majority of the cases of lobar pneumonia. 2. Among the pneumococci found in the mouths of healthy individuals Type IV predominates, Type III is frequent, and atypical organisms of Type II are occasionally found. 3. Healthy persons intimately associated with cases of lobar pneumonia may harbor in their mouth secretions the highly parasitic pneumococcus of Types I and II. 4. Occasionally a carrier of Type I or Type II pneumococcus is encountered in whom it is impossible to trace any contact with an infected patient. 5. From the dust of homes where cases of pneumonia due to Types I and II have occurred, pneumococci of the same type may be recovered.

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