Open AccessG lomerulonephritis and P neumonitis AN AUTOPSY CASE OF PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION *
Author(s) -
Fujimoto Teruo
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1951.tb00732.x
Subject(s) - autopsy , pathology , interstitial pneumonitis , pneumonitis , medicine , nephritis , immunology , lung , respiratory disease
SUMMARY An autopsy case of pneumococcal subacute infection of a 19 month old young girl is presented. This case was characterized by diffuse glomerulonephritis as well as diffuse interstitial pneumonitis. The problem as to whether nephritis and pneumonitis are part of systemic capillary or angiomesenchymal tissue reactions due to bacterial infection has been discussed. Not only the causal and formal genesis of the characteristic organ inflammations but also the similarity of the tissue reactions in both organs have been considered.