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REPORT OF A CASE, WITH REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

S. P. CHANG, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1938;19(1):103-109.

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The pneumobacillus was discovered by C. Friedländer¹ in the fibrinous bronchial exudate and in the pulmonary alveolar tissue of patients with pneumonia. This organism is a short, plump bacillus, subject to great variation in size. It measures, on the average, from 0.5 to 1.5 microns in width and from 0.6 to 5 microns in length. It is gram-negative and immotile. It has no flagella or spores but possesses a capsule and grows luxuriantly on blood agar. It belongs to the general group of Bacillus mucosus-capsulatus. Strong² and Perkins³ made important contributions toward its isolation and differentiation from other species of the same group by means of formation of gas and fermentation of sugar. Fricke⁴ and Clairmont⁵ studied thoroughly the distribution of the organism and found that it exists in the nose, mouth, saliva and gastro-intestinal tract of healthy persons, as well as in the various . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PEIPING, CHINA

From the Department of Ophthalmology, the Peiping Union Medical College.

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