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October 18, 1919, Vol 73, No. 16 >
ARTICLE | October 18, 1919

VACCINOTHERAPY IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC BACILLARY DYSENTERY

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JAMA. 1919;73(16):1177-1179. doi:10.1001/jama.1919.02610420005002.
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In a previous article we gave our observations of the epidemic of bacillary dysentery of the summer of 1917.1

In 1918, especially during August and September, the malady reappeared in the Belgian army with almost as many cases as in the preceding year. In a total of something over 500 cases about 20 per cent. were severe or very serious cases and 80 per cent. were light or moderately severe cases.

In the lighter forms we were able to add nothing to our previous observations either as regards symptomatology or bacteriology. For the grave types the bacteriology was likewise essentially the same. No more than in 1917 could the most malignant forms be attributed to the Shiga bacillus, and the marked predominance of the Flexner bacillus and Bacillus Y in 1917 was so much greater in 1918 that in no case were we able to isolate the Shiga bacillus,

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