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Studies of the Acute Diarrheal Diseases —III. Infections Due to the "Newcastle Dysentery Bacillus"

Studies of the Acute Diarrheal Diseases —III. Infections Due to the "Newcastle Dysentery Bacillus" Public Health, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.; and Junior Bacteriologist, U. S. Public Health Service, Albany, Ga. THE variety of the " dysentery bacillus" discussed in this paper was first isolated by Clayton and Warren' of Newcastle, England, in 1925, and was subsequently designated the "Newcastle dysentery bacillus" by these workers.2 They first obtained it from the feces of a girl who was suffering from diarrhea. Her entire family had been similarly affected within a period of 6 weeks. Her stools were watery and contained mucus, many pus cells, some red blood and epithelial cells. Many non-lactose fermenting colonies were found on the plates inoculated with the fecal material, but subsequent study *'From the National Institute of Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, Dr. R. E. Dyer, Chief; with the co6peration of the DeLamar Institute of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, N. Y., and the following health departments or agencies. New Mexico State and Bernalillo County; Georgia State and Dougherty County; New York City (Divisions of Preventable Diseases and Laboratories); New York State, through the District Office at Middletown; and the Indian Medical Service. t Read at a Joint Session of the Laboratory and Epidemiology Sections of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

Studies of the Acute Diarrheal Diseases —III. Infections Due to the "Newcastle Dysentery Bacillus"

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Public Health, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.; and Junior Bacteriologist, U. S. Public Health Service, Albany, Ga. THE variety of the " dysentery bacillus" discussed in this paper was first isolated by Clayton and Warren' of Newcastle, England, in 1925, and was subsequently designated the "Newcastle dysentery bacillus" by these workers.2 They first obtained it from the feces of a girl who was suffering from diarrhea. Her entire family had been similarly affected within a period of 6 weeks. Her stools were watery and contained mucus, many pus cells, some red blood and epithelial cells. Many non-lactose fermenting colonies were found on the plates inoculated with the fecal material, but subsequent study *'From the National Institute of Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, Dr. R. E. Dyer, Chief; with the co6peration of the DeLamar Institute of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, N. Y., and the following health departments or agencies. New Mexico State and Bernalillo County; Georgia State and Dougherty County; New York City (Divisions of Preventable Diseases and Laboratories); New York State, through the District Office at Middletown; and the Indian Medical Service. t Read at a Joint Session of the Laboratory and Epidemiology Sections of

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American Journal of Public HealthAmerican Public Health Association

Published: Jan 1, 1940

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