B. COLI SEPTICEMIA IN LAENNEC'S CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER
Authors: R L WHIPPLE, J F HARRIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 August 1950B. COLI SEPTICEMIA IN LAENNEC'S CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVERROBERT L. WHIPPLE JR., M.D., F.A.C.P., J. FRANK HARRIS, M.D.ROBERT L. WHIPPLE JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, J. FRANK HARRIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-2-462 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is possible to isolate the colon bacillus from the blood stream in a number of diseases. Shortly before death in patients dying from carcinomatosis, tuberculosis, and other chronic debilitating diseases,B. colimay be grown from blood cultures. In the new born a very fulminating, usually fatal, colon bacillus septicemia (Winckel's disease) is encountered. During the course of acute and chronic processes of the intestinal tract (rectal stricture, typhoid fever, dysentery, ulcerative colitis, cancerous ulcers, acute gastro-enteritis, appendiceal abscesses, tuberculous ulceration, diverticulitis with abscess formation, etc.); following operative procedures on the gastrointestinal tract; and during inflammatory processes of the...Bibliography1. FeltyKeefer ARCS: Bacillus coli sepsis, J. A. M. A. 82: 1430-1433, 1924. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Miller JL: Colon bacillus septicemia, in Christian, H. A.: Oxford medicine, Oxford University Press, New York, 1947, vol. 4, pt. 3, pp. 763-764. Google Scholar3. BruléCoutner HPB: Septicémie à coli-bacille et pritonite, terminale chez une cirrhotique, Bull. et mém. Soc. méd. d. hôp. de Paris 55: 1167-1169, 1939. Google Scholar4. Netter : Cited by Brulé.3 Google Scholar5. Hanot : Cited by Brulé.3 Google Scholar6. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Atlanta, Georgia*Received for publication March 9, 1948.From the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, and the Medical Services of Grady Hospital and Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Ga. 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