FRIEDLÄNDER'S BACILLUS MENINGITIS WITH REPORT OF CASE TREATED UNSUCCESSFULLY WITH SULFADIAZINE
Authors: S J KING
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Case Reports1 February 1946FRIEDLÄNDER'S BACILLUS MENINGITIS WITH REPORT OF CASE TREATED UNSUCCESSFULLY WITH SULFADIAZINESAMUEL J. KING, M.D.SAMUEL J. KING, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-2-272 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMeningitis due to Friedländer's bacillus, a rare medical entity, was first described with a reported case by Weichselbaum1in 1888, six years after Friedländer's original description of the organism. In 1931, Rothschild2found in the American literature only a single case of Friedländer's meningitis and this one ended fatally.3Rothschild's case, the second American case reported, according to Ransmeier and Major4is the only incontestable non-fatal case, prior to sulfonamide therapy, of purulent meningitis in which Friedländer's bacillus was recovered from the spinal fluid and adequate details of its bacteriologic identification given. Recovery in this case followed adequate surgical drainage...Bibliography1. WEICHSELBAUM A: Ueber eine von einer Otitis media suppurativa ausgehende und durch den Bac. pneumoniae Friedländer bedingte Allgemeininktion, Monatschr. f. Ohrenh., 1888, xxii, 200-220. Google Scholar2. ROTHSCHILD K: Meningitis caused by Friedländer's bacillus, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvii, 1956. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MALIS S: Pneumobacillus (Friedländer's) meningitis secondary to otitis media, Arch. Otolaryngol., 1930, xii, 162-174. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. RANSMEIERMAJOR JCJW: Friedländer's bacillus septicemia and meningitis, Arch. Int. Med., 1943, lxxii, 319-328. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. CARCELLI G: Menigite da pneumobacillo da Friedländer, Pensiero Med., 1930, xix, 203-205. Google Scholar6. MACKAY RP: Modern treatment of acute meningitis, Nebraska State Med. Jr., 1941, xxvi, 379-384. Google Scholar7. NEAL JB: Meningococcal meningitis in BARR'S Modern medical therapy in general practice, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1940, xi, 1567. Google Scholar8. FINLANDDINGLE MJH: Medical progress. Treatment of meningitis, New England Jr. Med., 1941, ccxxv, 825-832. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. YASKIN JC: Differential diagnosis of bacterial meningitis of aural and of nasal origin, Arch. Otolaryngol., 1938, xxvii, 444-451. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. MACKAYMORRIS FEA: Bacillus Friedländer meningitis secondary to prostatic suppuration: Report of a case, New Zealand Med. Jr., 1943, xlii, 258-259. Google Scholar11. BAEHRSCHWARTZMANGREENSPAN GGEB: Bacillus Friedländer infections, Ann. Int. Med., 1937, x, 1788. LinkGoogle Scholar12. GOWEN GH: A case of Friedländer's bacillus meningitis secondary to bilateral otitis media, Illinois Med. Jr., 1934, lxv, 533. Google Scholar13. KOLMERRULE JAAM: Sulfanilamide and sulfapyridine in treatment of B. Friedländer (Klebsiella pneumoniae) infections of mice, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1939, xlii, 305. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. FOTHERGILLSWEET LDLK: Meningitis in infants and children with special reference to age incidence and bacteriological diagnosis, Jr. Pediat., 1933, xi, 696. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. ROBERTSON CW: Meningitis due to B. Friedländer's: recovery of a case treated with sulfapyridine, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1941, xlv, 70. Google Scholar16. MONTESREAL GGWA: Meningitis purulenta a neumobacilo de Friedländer (Klebsiella pneumoniae) curado con dagenan, Bol. Soc. Cubana de Pediat., 1940, xii, 5. Google Scholar17. JULIANELLE LA: Personal communication as listed by Ransmeier and Major.4 Google Scholar18. NELSONLONG RAPH: The clinical use of sulfadiazine in the therapy of bacterial infections other than pneumonia, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1941, lxix, 303. Google Scholar19. FEINSTONEWILLIAMSWOLFCROSSLEY WHRDMSML: The toxicity, absorption and chemotherapeutic activity of sulfanilamidopyrimidine (sulfadiazine), Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1940, lxvii, 427. Google Scholar20. BLISSFEINSTONEGARRETTLONG EAWHAWPH: Sulfapyridine and sulfanilamide in experimental pneumococcal, Welch bacillary, and Friedländer's bacillary infections in mice, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1939, xl, 619. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Farmington, New Hampshire*Received for publication December 14, 1944. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie PneumonienSEVERE PYELONEPHRITIS DUE TO FRIEDLÄNDER'S BACILLUS TREATED SUCCESSFULLY WITH STREPTOMYCIN*PETER FISHER, M.D.Friedländer's bacillus meningitis treated with streptomycin 1 February 1946Volume 24, Issue 2Page: 272-277KeywordsBacillusMeningitisSulfonamide ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...