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REPORT OF ONE HUNDRED CASES

E. W. NEWMAN, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1938;19(1):95-102.

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Diplococcus pneumoniae was classified as types I, II and III and group IV prior to 1929, when Cooper¹ and her co-workers separated group IV into twenty-nine additional types. At the present time the recognized types are designated by the Roman numerals I to XXXII, inclusive. A number of important studies of the pneumococcus in ocular diseases have appeared in the literature, but a study of the types included in group IV has not been reported. Römer² unsuccessfully attempted to treat ulcus serpens corneae with antiserums, but, since approximately 75 per cent of the pneumococci which cause ophthalmic disease are group IV organisms, specific serum reactions were not to be expected. Consequently, it appeared practical to undertake an investigation of the organisms in this heterogenous group.

In 1917 Avery and his co-workers³ studied the relative incidence and mortality for the four original types of pneumococci in pneumonia (table . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHEYENNE, WYO.

From the Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, State University of Iowa.

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