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On the recognition and therapy of Simian woolsorter's disease*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

W. S. Gochenour Jr.
Affiliation:
United States Army Medical Unit, Fort Detrick, Maryland
W. D. Sawyer
Affiliation:
United States Army Medical Unit, Fort Detrick, Maryland
J. E. Henderson
Affiliation:
United States Army Medical Unit, Fort Detrick, Maryland
C. A. Gleiser
Affiliation:
United States Army Medical Unit, Fort Detrick, Maryland
R. W. Kuehne
Affiliation:
United States Army Medical Unit, Fort Detrick, Maryland
W. D. Tigertt
Affiliation:
United States Army Medical Unit, Fort Detrick, Maryland
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1. A model of anthrax infection in rhesus monkeys closely simulating human inhalation anthrax has been employed to study the course of the illness and methods of recognition and therapy.

2. Roentgenographic evidence of mediastinitis was detected early in the illness and served as a suitable indication for starting treatment.

3. Therapy with either penicillin or tetracycline appeared efficacious when started at the time chest roentgenograms first evidenced disease.

4. Isolation of penicillin-resistant B. anthracis from an animal dying during treatment with penicillin is reported.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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