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(Chest. 1946;12:68-71.)
© 1946 American College of Chest Physicians

Tuberculous Empyema Treated with Vitamin A - D Concentrate

(A Preliminary Report)

WALTER RAAB M.D.1

1 Glenn Dale Sanatorium, District of Columbia Health Department.

1. Six cases of tuberculous empyema, complicating artificial pneumothorax, and unsuccessfully treated by the conservative method of aspirations and lavage, were given intrapleural injections of a vitamin A-D concentrate.

2. The results were local improvement, general improvement, and some changes in the tubercle bacilli content.

3. No attempt is made to draw a definite conclusion as to the specifity of this treatment, but further investigations are suggested.






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