TY - JOUR
AU - Weiss, Emilio
AB - THE EFFECT OF ANTIBIOTICS ON AGENTS OF THE PSITTACOSIS­ LYMPHOGRANULOMA GROCP 1. THE EFFECT OF PENICILLIN EMILIO WEISS From the Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, The University of Chicago, Chicago 37, Illinois The agents of the psittacosis-lympho­ granuloma group offer a unique op­ granuloma group resemble bacteria in.J portunity to elucidate some of the their susceptibility to sulfonamides and potentialities and limitations of viral antibiotics. In addition, recent evidence chemotherapy and, with the help of indicates that in many respects they are chemotherapy, the nature of host-viral affected by the drugs as are the bac­ relationship. It is true that the doubt teria. Morgan (1948a and b) has shown has arisen that antimetabolites may that the chemotherapeutic action of prove altogether ineffective against sulfadiazine on psittacosis virus is an­ parasi tes devoid of independent metab­ tagonized competitively by p-amino­ olism, and the general tendency has benzoic acid and non-competitively by been to exclude the psittacosis-lympho­ pteroylglutamic acid. He has suggested granuloma group from other viruses that, as in the case of bacteria, pteroyl­ (Rake, 1948). But this doubt is not glutamic acid is a required vitamin for entirely justified. It is possible that the the growth of psittacosis virus. 
TI - The Effect of Antibiotics on Agents of the Psittacosis-Lymphogranuloma Group: 1. The Effect of Penicillin
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/87.3.249
DA - 1950-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-effect-of-antibiotics-on-agents-of-the-psittacosis-lymphogranuloma-fwEcIO9hvn
SP - 249
EP - 263
VL - 87
IS - 3
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