TY - JOUR
AU - Williams, Oscar B.
AB - DIPHTHERIA INFECTIONS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO CARRIERS AND TO WOUND INFECTIONS WITH B. DIPHTHERIAE JAMES S. SIMMONS; JOSEPH T. WEARN, AND o s c x R B. WI L L IA M S From Walter Reed General Hospital, Takoma Park, D. C. Seventy-five cases of diphtheria and 102 diphtheria carriers were treated at the Walter Reed General Hospital during the period from Oct., 1918, to Aug., 1919. Thirty-seven of the infections developed in persons who were living in the hospital either as enlisted attendants or as patients admitted for other conditions. Theoretically it should be possible to stop the spread of diphtheria in institutions, either by the isolation of all cases and carriers; or by the immunization of all nonimmune persons. The former method, which is the one generally used, in both civil and military hospitals, was carried out with rather poor results. Immediately following the bac­ teriologic diagnosis of a diphtheria case, or carrier, the patient was transferred to the proper isolation ward. Throat cultures and Schick tests were made of all men who had been in contact with him, and when indicated, these contacts were immunized with diphtheria toxin-anti­ toxin mixture. All cultures were saved and an 
TI - Diphtheria infections, with particular reference to carriers and to wound infections with B. diphtheriae
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/28.4.327
DA - 1921-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/diphtheria-infections-with-particular-reference-to-carriers-and-to-gPrEzrwWDf
SP - 327
EP - 340
VL - 28
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -