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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
''Mycoplasma pneumoniae'' was first described by Hobart A. Reimann in 1938 in a patient with a self-limited “atypical” pneumonia. | |||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
* | *''Mycoplasma pneumoniae'' was first described by Hobart A. Reimann in 1938 in a patient with a self-limited “atypical” pneumonia.<ref name="pmid6363732">{{cite journal| author=Reimann HA| title=Landmark article Dec 24,1938: An acute infection of the respiratory tract with atypical pneumonia. A disease entity probably caused by a filtrable virus. By Hobart A. Reimann. | journal=JAMA | year= 1984 | volume= 251 | issue= 7 | pages= 936-44 | pmid=6363732 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=6363732 }} </ref> | ||
*In 1943, Reimann first described the phenomenon of cold agglutination. | *In 1943, Reimann first described the phenomenon of cold agglutination. | ||
* | *The term ''Mycoplasma'' is Greek for "fungus-formed" because ''Mycoplasma'' was first thought to be a fungus. | ||
*In 1944, Eaton reported Eaton's agent as the primary cause of atypical pneumonia.<ref name="pmid19871393">{{cite journal| author=Eaton MD, Meiklejohn G, van Herick W| title=STUDIES ON THE ETIOLOGY OF PRIMARY ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA : A FILTERABLE AGENT TRANSMISSIBLE TO COTTON RATS, HAMSTERS, AND CHICK EMBRYOS. | journal=J Exp Med | year= 1944 | volume= 79 | issue= 6 | pages= 649-68 | pmid=19871393 | doi= | pmc=PMC2135382 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19871393 }} </ref> In 1961, ''M. pneumoniae'' was discovered to be Eaton's agent. | *In 1944, Eaton reported Eaton's agent as the primary cause of atypical pneumonia.<ref name="pmid19871393">{{cite journal| author=Eaton MD, Meiklejohn G, van Herick W| title=STUDIES ON THE ETIOLOGY OF PRIMARY ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA : A FILTERABLE AGENT TRANSMISSIBLE TO COTTON RATS, HAMSTERS, AND CHICK EMBRYOS. | journal=J Exp Med | year= 1944 | volume= 79 | issue= 6 | pages= 649-68 | pmid=19871393 | doi= | pmc=PMC2135382 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19871393 }} </ref> In 1961, ''M. pneumoniae'' was discovered to be Eaton's agent. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Mycoplasma pneumoniae was first described by Hobart A. Reimann in 1938 in a patient with a self-limited “atypical” pneumonia.
Historical Perspective
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae was first described by Hobart A. Reimann in 1938 in a patient with a self-limited “atypical” pneumonia.[1]
- In 1943, Reimann first described the phenomenon of cold agglutination.
- The term Mycoplasma is Greek for "fungus-formed" because Mycoplasma was first thought to be a fungus.
- In 1944, Eaton reported Eaton's agent as the primary cause of atypical pneumonia.[2] In 1961, M. pneumoniae was discovered to be Eaton's agent.
References
- ↑ Reimann HA (1984). "Landmark article Dec 24,1938: An acute infection of the respiratory tract with atypical pneumonia. A disease entity probably caused by a filtrable virus. By Hobart A. Reimann". JAMA. 251 (7): 936–44. PMID 6363732.
- ↑ Eaton MD, Meiklejohn G, van Herick W (1944). "STUDIES ON THE ETIOLOGY OF PRIMARY ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA : A FILTERABLE AGENT TRANSMISSIBLE TO COTTON RATS, HAMSTERS, AND CHICK EMBRYOS". J Exp Med. 79 (6): 649–68. PMC 2135382. PMID 19871393.