Simon Bolivar's medical labyrinth: an infectious diseases conundrum
| Autor: | John Dove, Paul G. Auwaerter, Philip A. Mackowiak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Tuberculosis Bronchiectasis business.industry Autopsy History 19th Century medicine.disease Surgery Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Arsenic Poisoning medicine Humans Medical history Paracoccidioidomycosis business Pathological Respiratory Tract Infections Arsenic intoxication |
| Zdroj: | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 52(1) |
| ISSN: | 1537-6591 |
| Popis: | According to history books, tuberculosis was responsible for the death of Simon Bolivar at the age of 47 years in 1830. The results of an autopsy performed by Alexandre Prospere Reverend, the French physician who cared for him during the terminal phase of his illness, have long been regarded as proof of the diagnosis. On careful reanalysis of Bolivar's medical history and post mortem examination, we reach a different conclusion. On the basis of several critical clinical, epidemiological, and pathological features of his fatal disorder, we conclude that either paracoccidioidomycosis or bacterial bronchiectasis complicating chronic arsenic intoxication was more likely responsible for his death than was tuberculous "consumption.". |
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