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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 19.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 1;49(3):383–391. doi: 10.1086/600296

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Mortality rates associated with erysipelas before and after the introduction of antimicrobial agents. A, Mortality rates of erysipelas at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, from 1929–1938. Sulfonamides (sulfa) became generally available in 1936. Adapted from Hoyne et al. [42] with permission. B, Mortality of erysipelas from a national registry in Norway. Sulfonamides (sulfa) became generally available between 1936 and 1937. Penicillin (PCN) was first used in patients in 1941 but did not become generally available for civilian use until after World War II, between 1946 and 1947. Adapted from Madsen [43] with permission.