GONOCOCCAL ARTHRITIS: A STUDY OF 202 PATIENTS TREATED WITH PENICILLIN, SULFONAMIDES OR FEVER THERAPY
Authors: J A ROBINSON, H L HIRSH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1949)

Article1 June 1949GONOCOCCAL ARTHRITIS: A STUDY OF 202 PATIENTS TREATED WITH PENICILLIN, SULFONAMIDES OR FEVER THERAPYJAY A. ROBINSON, M.D., HAROLD L. HIRSH, M.D., WILLIAM W. ZELLER, M.D., HARRY F. DOWLING, M.D., F.A.C.P.JAY A. ROBINSON, M.D., HAROLD L. HIRSH, M.D., WILLIAM W. ZELLER, M.D., HARRY F. DOWLING, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-30-6-1212 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPrior to March, 1932, only symptomatic measures were available for the treatment of gonococcal arthritis. At that time, it was observed during a course of fever therapy for syphilis that the gonococcal arthritis also present had improved.1Further studies confirmed this original observation and fever became the accepted form of therapy. Several years later the sulfonamides were introduced and most recently penicillin became available. 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Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.*Received for publication January 24, 1948.From the George Washington University and Georgetown University Medical Divisions, Gallinger Municipal Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Georgetown University School of Medicine.We wish to thank the members of the Genitourinary Service for opportunity to study two of these cases, and Miss Joan Rowe and Miss Myrtle Myer for technical assistance. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInvestigating Potential Chromosomal Rearrangements during Laboratory Culture of Neisseria gonorrhoeaeClinical Forms of Gonococcal ArthritisDie Klinik der Gonorrhoe des Mannes. Die hämatogenen Komplikationen der GonorrhoeDie Behandlung der Gonorrhoe des MannesSex incidence of gonococcal arthritisRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD W. BOLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., WALLACE GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), L. MAXWELL LOCKIE, M.D., F.A.C.P., MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D.THERAPY OF GONOCOCCAL ARTHRITIS*PAUL O. HAGEMANN, M.D., F.A.C.P., AARON HENDIN, M.D., HAROLD H. LURIE, M.D., MARVIN STEIN, M.D. 1 June 1949Volume 30, Issue 6Page: 1212-1223KeywordsArthritisFeversHospital medicineHyperthermiaPenicillinSulfonamideSyphilis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1949 PDF downloadLoading ...