8. Of Gold and Pneumococci: A History of Pneumococcal Vaccines in South Africa

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Credits V
3. Contents IX
4. Foreword XI
5. 1. The Gram Stain and the Etiology of Lobar Pneumonia: An Historical Note 1
6. 2. The Pneumococcus at Hopkins: Early Portents of Future Developments 14
7. 3. The Quellung Reaction: A Neglected Microbiologic Technique 37
8. 4. Random Gleanings from a Life with the Pneumococcus 50
9. 5. Pneumococcus: The First One Hundred Years 68
10. 6. The Current Status of Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia: Re-evaluation of an Underemphasized Clinical Problem 79
11. 7. Prevention of Pneumococcal Pneumonia by Vaccination 88
12. 8. Of Gold and Pneumococci: A History of Pneumococcal Vaccines in South Africa 98
13. 9. Tracking the Identity of Lister’s Pneumococcal Groups T and V (Danish Types 45 and 46) 119
14. 10. Pneumonia in the Later Years 127
15. 11. Microbiology and Clinical Medicine–A Personal View 143
16. 12. The Syndrome of Pneumococcal Endocarditis, Meningitis, and Rupture of the Aortic Valve 153
17. 13. The Role of Toxemia and of Neural Injury in the Outcome of Pneumococcal Meningitis 162