PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS TRACHEOBRONCHITIS, PANCREATITIS AND ENTEROCOLITIS: REPORT OF A CASE COMPLICATING ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY OF PNEUMONIA AND SEPTICEMIA
Authors: Frank A. Solomon, William J. Feeney
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 July 1957PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS TRACHEOBRONCHITIS, PANCREATITIS AND ENTEROCOLITIS: REPORT OF A CASE COMPLICATING ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY OF PNEUMONIA AND SEPTICEMIAFRANK A. SOLOMON JR., M.D., WILLIAM J. FEENEYFRANK A. SOLOMON JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM J. FEENEYSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-1-161 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptArticles have frequently appeared in the medical literature concerning pseudomembranous enterocolitis appearing as a complication of antibiotic therapy and caused by the development of bacteria resistant to the antibiotic employed for the treatment of the primary infection. Micrococcus pyogenes (Staphylococcus aureus) is the most consistently cited organism showing this resistance, and the incidence of this complication appears to be associated with the increased use of antibiotic drugs.A review of the literature indicates that this is not a new entity. Finney, quoted from Penner and Bernheim,1in 1893 reported a postoperative bloody diarrhea with death and autopsy findings of diphtheritic...Bibliography1. PennerBernheim AAI: Acute post-operative enterocolitis: a study of the pathologic nature of shock, Arch. Path. 27: 966, 1939. Google Scholar2. Berry G: Case report: membranous laryngitis and tracheitis with Staphylococcus aureus hemolyticus infection, Ann. Otol., Rhin. and Laryng. 37: 960-962, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Gittins TR: Membranous laryngitis and tracheobronchitis (non-diphtheritic), Tr. Am. Laryng., Rhin. and Otol. Soc. 32: 40-47, 1926. Google Scholar4. Ullman JS: Staphylococcic tracheo-bronchitis following tonsillitis, New Orleans M. and S. J. 81: 311-314, 1928. Google Scholar5. WhitakerStevenson WMW: Non-diphtheritic membranous infections of the lower respiratory tract in children, Illinois M. J. 67: 167-174, 1935. Google Scholar6. TolarKucera VK: Pseudomembranosni tracheitidity s klinickym obrazem chripkove asfykticke pneumonic, Časop. lék. česk. 85: 289-298, 1946. Google Scholar7. SmithClifford WHR: Fibrinous tracheo-bronchitis, Case Records, Massachusetts General Hospital 6: 1-5, 1920. Google Scholar8. Mounier-Kuhn : Laryngite suffocante pseudomembraneuse staphylococcique chez un adulte et chez un enfant, Lyon méd. 177: 150, 152, 1947. Google Scholar9. Lynch RC: Pot pourri, Laryngoscope 34: 753-757, 1924. Google Scholar10. HuberChevallierGerbay JP: Angine a monocytes et tracheo-bronchite pseudo membraneuse, Ann. d'oto-laryng. 65: 784-786, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. HybasekHladky JR: Tracheobronchitis pseudo-mambranacea et crustosa, Lék. listy 2: 281 285, 1947. Google Scholar12. Prissick FH: Antibiotic resistant staphylococci and related infections, Am. J. M. Sc. 225: 299, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar13. Rigdon RH: Early lesions following intravenous administration of a filtrable staphylococcus toxin, Arch. Path. 20: 201-208, 1935. Google Scholar14. Gutman J: The effects of mercury inhalation upon the animal organism, Am. J. Syph., Gonor. and Ven. Dis. 7: 1-42, 1923. Google Scholar15. DixonWeismann CFRF: Acute pseudomembranous enteritis or enterocolitis: a complication following intestinal surgery, S. Clin. North America 28: 995-1023 (Aug.) 1948. Google Scholar16. KlecknerBargenBaggenstoss MDJAAH: Pseudomembranous enterocolitis: clinical pathologic study of 14 cases in which death was not preceded by operation, Gastroenterology 21: 212-222, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 6, 1956.From the Department of Medicine of St. Mary's Hospital.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Frank A. Solomon, Jr., M.D., 2107 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco 9, California . PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Pancreas 1 July 1957Volume 47, Issue 1Page: 161-172KeywordsAntibiotic resistanceAntibioticsEnterocolitisHospital medicinePancreatitisPneumoniaSepsisStaphylococcal infectionStaphylococcus aureusTrachea ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...