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from a case of actinomycosis in man. Karg considered his organism to be 

 identical with that of Bostroem. This author also reported a second case of 

 the disease with results similar to those obtained with the first one. Leith 

 (Edinb. Hosp. Rep. (1S94), 2, 121) and Newjadomsky (Ref. Lubarseh and Oster- 

 tag Ergb. (1898), 5, 665) each isolated by culture a Streptothrix from a human 

 case of actinomycosis. The article of Kitchensky {Arch. f. exper. Path. u. Phar- 

 makol. (1890), 26, 79) is not available to us. Sabrazes and Riviere (Presse 

 me'd. (1894), Sept. 22) reported the cultivation of a Streptothrix from abscesses 

 in the brain, lungs, and kidneys of a human case. This organism only grew 

 anaerobically. In their second case (Mercredi mid. (1895), 485) an aerobic 

 Streptothrix was cultivated from the sputum and subcutaneous abscesses of a 

 patient. Both these organisms are reported as being pathogenic for small 

 animals, the latter one, however, only producing lesions when injected together 

 with dilute acetic acid. 



Aschoff (Ber. Jclm. Wchnsch. (1895), 32, 738) cultivated a Streptothrix 

 from a case of human actinomycosis and stated that he had produced actino- 

 mycotic lesions in animals by inoculating cultures of the organism. 



Du Bois Saint-Sevrin (Semaine me'd. (1895)) cultivated a Streptothrix from 

 a ease of Ailcer of the cornea in a human patient with a pseudomembranous 

 conjunctivitis. FerrS and Faguet (Mercredi mid. (1895), 441) did the same 

 from an abscess in the centrum ovale of the brain. The authors considered 

 this organism to be identical with that of Eppinger. Rullmann (Ref. Gentralbl. 

 f. Balct., eto. (1895), 17, 884) cultivated a Streptothrix from soil and again 

 in 1898 the same author (Miinchener med. Wchnsch. (1898), 45, 919) cultivated 

 what he apparently considered to be the same organism from a case of 

 disease of the lung. It was a Streptothrix positive to Gram's stain, which grew 

 on ordinary media as a facultative aerobe. Positive local lesions were produced 

 in rabbits, guinea pigs, and mice when these animals were inoculated with 

 cultures. Garten (Deutsche Ztschr. f. Chir. (1895), 41, 257) cultivated a 

 Streptothrix from lesions in a human case. There was necrosis of the vertebrae 

 and ribs, with abscesses, sinus formation and empyema. This organism grew 

 on laboratory media and was pathogenic for three out of thirty-seven rabbits 

 and guinea pigs. 



Dor (Gaz. hebd. d. med. (1896), 43, 553) obtained a Streptothrix from an 

 aetinomycosis-like abscess at the angle of the jaw. The pus contained granules 

 with long, beaded filaments which did not stain by Gram's method. The 

 organism grew aerobically on liquid media only. Sawtschenko (Baumgarten's 

 Jahresb. (1896), 12, 613) cultivated an organism from a case which he termed 

 pseudoaetinomycosis. It formed long threads which did not stain by Gram's 

 method and which grew only under anaerobic conditions. Jurinka (Mitth. a. d. 

 Grenzgeb. d. Med. u. Chir. (1896), 1, 139) cultivated a Streptothrix from a 

 human case of actinomycosis which he considered identical with that of Wolff 

 and Israel. The article by Kozerski (Ref. Jahresb. d. ges. Med. (1896), 2, 223) 

 is not available to us. 



Scheele and Petruschky (Verhandl. d. Con. f. innere Med. (1897), 15, 550) 

 cultivated a Streptothrix which was acid-fast by the Ziehl-Neelsen method from 

 the sputum and subcutaneous abscesses of a case of pysemia, pleuro-pneumonia, 

 cystitis, and pyelitis. It grew on agar, gelatin, and broth. Its pathogenic 

 character for animals apparently was not determined. Buehholtz (Ztschr. f. 

 Byg. (1897), 24, 470) described a Streptothrix found in the lung of a patient 

 suffering from a disease which, both clinically and pathologically, very closely 

 resembled tuberculosis of the lungs. The organism was Gram positive and 

 acid-fast, but did not grow on artificial media. Urban (Miinchener med. 

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