Biomedical subjects

Larry I. Lutwick

Publications and source records attributed to Larry I. Lutwick.

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PubMed2003

Gram-negative Diplococcal Respiratory Infections.

Human respiratory tract infections caused by gram- negative diplococci continue to remain significant issues in health care. Although not addressed as frequently as the classical diplococcal pneumonia, the gram-positive Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus), infections due to Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus), and Moraxella catarrhalis (formerly called both Neisseria catarrhalis and Branhamella catarrhalis) are addressed here including their microbiology, respiratory tract manifestations, antimicrobial treatment, and potential prevention with immunization.

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PubMed2002

Inhalational Anthrax.

Until recently, inhalational anthrax was a medical curiosity in both the Western medical literature and clinical practice. The post-September 11, 2001 outbreak of this disease in the eastern United States that spread through the mail, however, instantly changed the appreciation of this disease and the appreciation of biological terrorism/warfare in general. The microbiology, epidemiology, clinical, and therapeutic/preventative aspects of this entity, classically known as "wool sorter's disease" are highlighted in this review.

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PubMed2001

Pulmonary Manifestations of Bioterrorism.

Along with smallpox, inhalation anthrax and pneumonic plague are among the diseases most likely to be spread by biowarfare, either from a rogue nation or terrorist group. Neither anthrax nor plague has been seen by many pulmonary (or any other) physicians in the United States. This article summarizes these two diseases as pulmonary manifestations of bioterrorism and discusses the possibility of avian influenza as a potential respiratory pathogen in biowarfare. It is hoped that phyisicians will need to know this information only as an academic exercise and not because of a clinical circumstance.

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