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A 72-year-old man received rifampicin, ethambutol and sitafloxacin to treat clarithromycin (CAM)-resistant complex (MAC) lung disease. He was admitted because of fever. Pneumothorax and pleural effusion were present in the right lung, and a new consolidation appeared in the right upper lobe.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmedeo Modigliani and his "great secret": a brief history of medical and social aspects of tuberculosis in the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Infez Med
September 2018
New Mexico Health Enhancement and Marathon Clinics Research Foundation, Albuquerque, NM, USA; New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque NM, USA.
The pathography of the famous painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) shows that he had tuberculosis and died of tubercular meningitis aged 35. The nineteenth century was characterized by numerous milestones in the history of tuberculosis. In 1853, Hermann Brehmer, first used the term tuberculosis referred to at the time as "phthisis".
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J Antibiot (Tokyo)
September 2014
History of Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
The millennial flight against tuberculosis has been characterized by several defeats. Roman physicians suggested to consumptives better nutrition, sea voyages and change of air, while, during the Middle Ages, 'royal touch' were considered as an effective remedy for scrofula. In the following centuries, phthisis was cured using old herbal preparations and new chemical compounds, mainly aimed at soothing symptoms; in addition, harmful approaches (for example, bleeding and purging) were commonly accepted, according to medical theories of that time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Brief history of the development of artificial pneumothorax].
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi
March 2010
Department of the History and Philosophy of Science, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
Artificial pneumothorax (AP), was one kind of surgery for pulmonary tuberculosis which injects the air into the pleural cavity by needle tubes to form the artificial pneumothorax. It was applied in a clinic by the Italian physician Carlo Forlanini in 1894. In the subsequent 20 years, this therapy has not been paid attention to in medical circles until 1912 when it received recognition and gradually became the primary therapy of pulmonary tuberculosis in Europe and America.
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Intern Med
October 2006
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection is rarely accompanied by pleural involvement. We report a very rare case of M. intracellulare pulmonary disease with pleural empyema.
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