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ACUTE OSTEITIS OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN WITH NEURO-INFECTION

Janina Markowa 1

1 Cracow Academy of Medicine, Cracow

1. A child is described in whom an acute osteitis was produced by some organism which could neither be identified nor cultured in vitro, and which provoked a violent general reaction but which also showed a distinct affinity for the central nervous system.

2. This organism survived in a cavity in the femur for four months; it preserved its pathogenic properties, and could only be cultured in living tissue.

3. A twice repeated passage through animals increased the toxicity of this organism and proved its affinity for the central nervous system.

4. This organism may have been a virus similar to those producing encephalitis. A final answer may be obtained by further attempts to provoke experimental osteitis with live cultures of viruses in animals.






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