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BRAIN ABSCESS AND MENINGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH A PLEUROPNEUMONIA-LIKE ORGANISM: CLINICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN A CASE WITH RECOVERY*
- TOM FITE PAINE, JR., M.D.†Boston, Massachusetts ;
- RODERICK MURRAY, M.D.Bethesda, Maryland ;
- IRWIN PERLMUTTER, M.D.Miami, Florida ; and
- MAXWELL FINLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Boston, Massachusetts
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The rôle of the pleuropneumonia group of microörganisms as human pathogens is still far from clear. In the case reported here a pleuropneumonia-like organism was repeatedly cultured from the central nervous system of a patient with a brain abscess and meningitis. This case is of interest because it probably represents the first one in which a pleuropneumonia-like organism was recognized in association with an infection of the central nervous system. The characteristics of the organism were studied in some detail.
LITERATURE The literature concerning the pleuropneumonia group of organisms was reviewed in 1941 by Sabin.1 This group of microörganisms has
Acknowledgments
The authors are indebted to Clare Wilcox for technical assistance.
Article and Author Information
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↵* Received for publication July 8, 1948.
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From the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical (Harvard) and Neurosurgical Services, Boston City Hospital and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
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Aided by a grant from the United States Public Health Service.
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↵† Research Fellow, American College of Physicians.
