PRIMARY MENINGOCOCCAL LOBAR PNEUMONIA WITHOUT MENINGITIS
Authors: Y KNEELAND, J I MELTZER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 January 1957PRIMARY MENINGOCOCCAL LOBAR PNEUMONIA WITHOUT MENINGITISJAY I. MELTZER, YALE KNEELAND JR., F.A.C.P.JAY I. MELTZERSearch for more papers by this author, YALE KNEELAND JR., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-1-183 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptExcept for a brief period after World War I, meningococcal pneumonia occurring in the absence of meningitis has rarely been described. In 1919 several studies were made of postinfluenzal pneumonia. Holm and Davison1aand 1breported 403 bacterial pneumonias following influenza in 1,510 patients. There were 85 instances of meningococcus grown from the sputum. The clinical courses of 23 who came to post mortem were summarized. The onset was acute, with chill followed by cough, often with pleuritic pain, high temperature (103 to 106° F.), prostration and cyanosis. The physical signs were those of lobar pneumonia or bronchopneumonia. Culture of...Bibliography1. HolmDavison MLWC (a) : Meningococcus pneumonia. I. The occurrence of post-influenzal pneumonia in which Diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis was isolated. From observations at Camp Coetquidon, A.E.F. France, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 30: 324-329, 1919. (b) Davison, W. C., Holm, M. L., and Emmons, V. B.: Meningococcus pneumonia. II. The epidemiology of post-influenzal pneumonia in which the Diplococcus intracellularis meningitidis was isolated. From observations at Camp Coetquidon, A.E.F. France, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 30: 329-331, 1919. Google Scholar2. KinnicuttBinger RCA: Isolation of meningococcus from cases of so-called influenza, Am. J. M. Sc. 158: 360-369, 1919. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MeaderMeansHopkins FMJHJG: Account of an epidemic of influenza among American troops in England, Am. J. M. Sc. 158: 370-397, 1919. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Fletcher W: Meningococcus broncho-pneumonia in influenza, Lancet 1: 104-105, 1919. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. PotterReidBronstein HWRDLH: Meningococcemia without meningitis; study made at Station Hospital, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, Ann. Int. Med. 21: 200-212, 1944. LinkGoogle Scholar6. Brick IB: Meningococcal pneumonia, New England J. Med. 238: 289-295, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Roberg NB: Meningococcic pneumonia, Bull. U. S. Army M. Dept. 4: 97-99, 1945. Google Scholar8. HoyneBrown ALRH: 727 Meningococcic cases: an analysis, Ann. Int. Med. 28: 248-260, 1948. LinkGoogle Scholar9. Daniels WB: Causes of death in meningococcic infection, Am. J. Med. 8: 468-473, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication September 12, 1955.From the Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Presbyterian Hospital in the City of New York.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Yale Kneeland, Jr., M.D., 620 West 168th Street, New York 32, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA Rare Case of Neisseria Meningitidis Pneumonia in a Polytrauma PatientAllergisierung des organismus durch neisseria meningitidis II. Verfolgung der ergebnisse der vakzinotherapie bei krankheiten auf basis bakterieller allergieSimple method for the Detection of Neisseria meningitidis from Clinical Specimens Using Discs Soaked with Vancomycin and Colistin. Our Modification of Berger's MethodPrimary Meningococcal PneumoniaRICHARD S. IRWIN, M.D., WILLIAM K. WOELK, M.S., WILSON L. COUDON III, M.D.Group-Y Meningococcal Disease Twelve Cases at an Army Training CenterJERRY D. SMILACK, M.D.Miscellaneous Bacterial Causes of Community-Acquired PneumoniaMeningococcal Meningitis and Meningococcemia Associated with Pulmonary Infiltrates and HemoptysisPneumonia caused by type B meningococcus 1 January 1957Volume 46, Issue 1Page: 183-186KeywordsBacterial pneumoniaHospital medicineMeningitisNeisseria meningitidisNorepinephrinePneumoniaSputumSurgeonsTemperature ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...