MICROCOCCUS TETRAGENUS MENINGITIS; REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Authors: John E. Leach, Fred G. Medinger
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Case Reports1 September 1941MICROCOCCUS TETRAGENUS MENINGITIS; REPORT OF A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATUREJOHN E. LEACH, M.D., FRED G. MEDINGER, M.D.JOHN E. LEACH, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRED G. MEDINGER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-3-609 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThatMicrococcus tetragenusinfections are rare is evidenced by the fact that relatively few cases have been reported in the American literature, and that Reimann, reviewing the foreign journals up until 1935, recorded a total of only 170 cases. During the past five years three cases2, 3, 4have been reported in American journals and an equally small number from Europe. The infrequency of the infection is further shown by the fact that all the reports are concerned with one to three cases with the exception of two mild separate epidemics1affecting 70 soldiers during the World War, 1914-1919. The...Bibliography1. REIMANN HA: Micrococcus tetragenus infection, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1935, xiv, 311-319. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. MCGOWANKINSNER TSP: A review of meningitis due to Micrococcus tetragenus , Arch. Int. Med., 1939, lxiv, 15-25. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. CRISCIETELLO M: Meningitis due to Micrococcus tetragenus , New England Jr. Med., 1939, iicxxi, 383-385. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BLACKBURN JH: Micrococcus tetragenus as surgical complication, South. Surg., 1937, vi, 422-426. Google Scholar5. JAKOWSKI : Cited by von Oppenheim.20 Google Scholar6. BEZANCONLEPAGE FC: Méningite suppurative localisé due au Micrococcus tetragenus , Bull. et mem. Soc méd. des hôp. de Paris, 1898, xv, 36-40. Google Scholar7. BOETTINGERMALLOIZEL MM: Septicemie à tétragènes, Bull. et mem. Soc. méd. des hôp. de Paris, 1906, xxiii, 123-129. Google Scholar8. PENDE : Cited by Blum, L.15 Google Scholar9. VINCENT : Quoted by Blum, L.15 Google Scholar10. PERFETTIMONZIOLS MM: Complications multiples au cours d'une septicemie a tetragènes d'origine cutanée, Bull. et mem. Soc. méd. des hôp. de Paris, 1918, xlii, 768-772. Google Scholar11. RAMONDRESIBOIS FA: A propos du traitement des méningites cerebrospinales, Progres Med., 1914, xxx, 438-445. Google Scholar12. LESCHKE E: Cited by Reimann, H. A.1 Google Scholar13. GRIEWEFACKLERMITCHELLHELLMAN JEGAEWFF: Meningitis with the tetragenus micrococcus as probable cause, Philadelphia Month. Med. Jr., 1899, i, 528-531. Google Scholar14. BONNANO AM: Cited by Reimann, H. A.1 Google Scholar15. BLUMVAUCHERKARBIENER LE: Les meningites a tétragènes, Rev. de Med., 1923, xl, 577-593. Google Scholar16. REIMANN HA: The significance of bacterial variation, Jr. Bact., 1937, xxxiii, 513-523. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. REIMANN HA: Micrococcus tetragenus infection, Jr. Bact., 1936, xxxi, 385-421. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. KRAMAR E: Cited by Reimann.1 Google Scholar19. MELTZER O: Ueber den Micrococcus tetragenus bei Septikämien und Mischinfektionen, München, med. Wchnschr., 1910, lvii, 743-744. Google Scholar20. VON OPPENHEIM E: Three cases illustrating the treatment of septicemia by vaccine therapy, Proc. Roy. Soc. Med., Clin. Sect., 1909, ii, 159-167. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21. LONGBLISS PE: Clinical use of sulphanilamide and sulphapyridine and allied compounds, 1939, MacMillan. Google Scholar22. LUDKE H: Ueber Tetragenussepsis, München, med. Wchnschr., 1920, lxvii, 454-455. Google 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 October 18, 1940. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMicrococcus luteus endocarditis: Case report and review of the literatureMicrococcus luteus pneumonia: A case report and review of the literatureOpportunistic infection in childrenLeptomeningitis due to Gaffkya tetragenaSubacute Bacterial Endocarditis Caused by Gaffkya Tetragena 1 September 1941Volume 15, Issue 3Page: 609-616KeywordsMeningitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...