BACTEREMIA CAUSED BY MIMA POLYMORPHA: REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: E WASSERMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Case Reports1 August 1958BACTEREMIA CAUSED BY MIMA POLYMORPHA: REPORT OF A CASEEDWARD WASSERMAN, M.D.EDWARD WASSERMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-2-451 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn recent years bacteria from the tribe Mimeae have been cultured from patients with a variety of lesions. This tribe, which is comprised of three genera—Mima, Herellea and Colloides—was named and described by DeBord in 1939.1 In this paper he observed that the tribe Mimeae (mimic) resembles the genus Neisseria in its morphologic characteristics. Their features include pleomorphism, with predominance of diplococci on solid media, and filaments, rods and cocci in liquid media. There are also encapsulation, gram-negativity with some retention of positiveness, and certain carbohydrate fermentation patterns which vary among the three genera.A case of bacteremia in which...Bibliography1. DeBord GG: Organisms invalidating the diagnosis of gonorrhea by the smear method, J. Bact. 38: 119, 1939. Google Scholar2. DeBord GG: Descriptions of Mimea trib. nev. with 3 genera and 3 species and 2 new species of Neisseria from conjunctivitis and vaginitis, Iowa J. Sc. 6: 471-480, 1942. Google Scholar3. DeBord GG: Species of the tribes Mimeae, Neisserieae, and Streptococceae which confuse the diagnosis of gonorrhea by smears, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 28: 710-714, 1943. Google Scholar4. Deacon WE: A note on the tribe Mimeae (DeBord), J. Bact. 49: 511-512, 1945. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. DeBord GG: Mima polymorpha in meningitis, J. Bact. 55: 764-765, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. FaustHood JM: Fulminating septicemia caused by Mima polymorpha: report of case, Am. J. Clin. Path. 19: 1143-1145, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. PikeSchulzeMcCullough RMMLM: Isolation of Mima polymorpha from a patient with subacute bacterial endocarditis, Am. J. Clin. Path. 21: 1094-1096, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. SorrellWhite WBLV: Acute bacterial endocarditis caused by a variant of the genus Herrellea: report of a case, Am. J. Clin. Path. 23: 134-138, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Schuldberg II: Clinical and pathological simulation of meningococcic meningitis: report of a case with necropsy, Am. J. Clin. Path. 23: 1024-1027, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. ScottMahoney EGBA: The occurrence of members of the tribe Mimeae in human infections, Delaware State M. J. 25: 22-24, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. TownsendHerseyWilson FMDFFW: Mima polymorpha as a causative agent in Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, U. S. Armed Forces M. J. 5: 673-679, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. BrooksSanders BEAC: "Unidentified" gram-negative rods and the tribe Mimeae, U. S. Armed Forces M. J. 5: 667-672, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. Minzter A: Human infection caused by the Mimeae organisms: report of a case of a presumably healed bacterial endocarditis due to Herellea vaginicola , Arch. Int. Med. 98: 352-355, 1956. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Bridgeport, Connecticut*Received for publication January 25, 1957.From the Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Edward Wasserman, M.D., 881 Lafayette Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMoraxella, Acinetobacter, and the MimeaeTheMoraxella lwoffi group of bacteria; a reviewEvaluation of the Clinical Significance of the Genus HerelleaRALPH G. ROBINSON, M.D., ROBERT G. GARRISON, PH.D., ROBERT W. BROWN, M.D.Cardiovascular lesions of the mimeae organisms 1 August 1958Volume 49, Issue 2Page: 451-454KeywordsAcinetobacterBacteremiaChloramphenicolConjunctivitisEndocarditisLesionsMeningitisNeisseriaThyroidUrinary tract infections Issue Published: 1 August 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...