THE EFFECT OF POTASSIUM IODID ON THE LUETIN REACTION

Autor: John A. Kolmer, Stuart Broadwell, Toitsu Matsunami
Rok vydání: 1916
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Medical Association. :718
ISSN: 0002-9955
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1916.02590100008002
Popis: About a year ago Sherrick 1 reported that "a positive pustular or nodular luetin reaction can be obtained in 99 per cent. of all persons irrespective of the presence of syphilis, by the administration of potassium iodid, either simultaneously, or shortly before or after the intradermal test. Other substances, such as agar and starch, when injected intradermally, will give a similar reaction when potassium iodid is administered," and other drugs containing iodin were found to have a similar effect. These observations were considered of such importance, not only in connection with the luetin test, but also in relation to anaphylactic phenomena in general and skin reactions in particular, that we have been studying the effect of iodids, bromids, chlorids, ether, chloroform and other drugs on the luetin, tuberculin and other skin reactions. The results with the iodids have proved definite and confirmed Sherrick's observation in practically every particular; since this
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