TY - JOUR
AU1 - Weaver, Geroge H.
AU2 - Tunnicliff, Ruth
AB - EFFECTS OF INJECTIONS OF HOMOLOGOUS STREP­ TOCOCCI, KILLED BY HEAT, IN STREPTOCOCCUS COMPLICATIONS IN CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.* G E 0 RG E H. \V E AVER AND RUTH T UNNICLIF F. (From the Memorial Institute for Infectious Diseases, Chicago.) IN view of the striking results reported to have followed the injec­ tion in persons suffering from various infections, of bacteria killed by heat according to the method advocated by Wright, it was thought desirable to test this method of treatment in patients with streptococcus complications in contagious diseases, especially in scarlatina. We have seven such cases to report. The bacteria injected were grown upon serum agar slants for 24 hours at 3So C. They were then suspended in 0. 8S per cent sodium chloride solution and killed by heating to 60° for 30 to 4S minutes. In each instance cultures from the suspension after heating showed it to be sterile. The number of bacteria in the suspension was deter­ mined by Wright's method. The culture was always obtained from patient to be treated, from the purulent discharge from the abscess, the ear, or nose, or from the surface of the tonsil. Determinations of the opsonic index were made by Wright's 
TI - Effects of Injections of Homologous Streptococci, Killed by Heat, in Streptococcus Complications in Contagious Diseases
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/5.5.585
DA - 1908-12-18
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/effects-of-injections-of-homologous-streptococci-killed-by-heat-in-7YINiIL0Uh
SP - 585
EP - 588
VL - 5
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -