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Observations on the Carriage of Pneumococci by Patients with Chronic Bronchitis, and their Families

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Marjorie Clifton ,
Margaret Pownall ,
C. H. Stuart-Harris ,
Rhinedd Hammond  and
Christine Allott
Marjorie Clifton
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Sheffield
Margaret Pownall
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory Service
C. H. Stuart-Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Sheffield
Rhinedd Hammond
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Sheffield
Christine Allott
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Sheffield
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Previous workers (Stuart-Harris, Pownall, Scothorne & Franks, 1953; May, 1953)have reported studies on the bacterial flora of the sputum in cases of chronic bronchitis. Both pneumococci and Haemophilus influenzae have been reported frequently in the sputum but the source of these organisms, which might be either the patient's own upper respiratory tract or the environment, has not been traced.A long-term study of individuals with and without chronic bronchitis and of their families was therefore begun in an attempt to discern the role of exogenous infection in this disease. Observations were limited to the pneumococcus because serological identification of individual strains was readily possible in this species.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , June 1955 , pp. 225 - 233
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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