The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 35, 7-15,
Copyright, 1922, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
THE FREQUENCY OF BACILLUS INFLUENZÆ IN THE NOSE AND THROAT IN ACUTE LOBAR PNEUMONIA
Ernest G. Stillman M.D.1
1 From the Hospital of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
1. Bacillus influenza is frequently found in association with lobar pneumonia.
2. In lobar pneumonia both Bacillus influenza and pneumococcus are frequently found in the nose.
3. The influenza bacilli found in the upper respiratory tract of cases of lobar pneumonia are of various types.
4. The exact significance of these findings is at the present time not clear.
Submitted on June 14, 1921