ACUTE SUPPURATIVE ARTHRITIS DUE TO ESCHERICHIA COLI SEPTICEMIA
Authors: A A BRANDT, S LEIBOWITZ, I SAPHRA
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Case Reports1 May 1956ACUTE SUPPURATIVE ARTHRITIS DUE TO ESCHERICHIA COLI SEPTICEMIAALLAN A. BRANDT, M.D., SIDNEY LEIBOWITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P., IVAN SAPHRA, M.D.ALLAN A. BRANDT, M.D., SIDNEY LEIBOWITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P., IVAN SAPHRA, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-5-1031 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptEscherichia coli is rarely the causative organism of acute suppurative arthritis. Many reviews in the literature on acute suppurative arthritis1-4contain no mention ofE. coli. Furthermore, arthritis, even in nonsuppurative form, is an uncommon manifestation ofE. colisepticemia.5In 1913 Luger6described the case of a 43 year old man with a history of gonorrhea who developed an acute nonsuppurative polyarthritis during an episode of colibacillemia which was probably secondary to a gall-bladder infection. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication February 4, 1955.From the Medical Service and Department of Laboratories, Beth Israel Hospital, New York, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAnquilose do quadril após artrite séptica por Escherichia coli não tratada. Relato de casoRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (THIRTEENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)*CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROGER L. BLACK, M.D., FELIX E. DEMARTINI, M.D., IVAN F. DUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD F. POLLEY, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CARLOS F. SACASA, M.D., F.A.C.P., OTTO STEINBROCKER, M.D., HANS WAINE, M.D., GEORGE M. WILSON JR., M.D. 1 May 1956Volume 44, Issue 5Page: 1031-1036KeywordsArthritisBiliary systemEscherichia coliEscherichia coli infectionsGonorrheaMedical servicesSepsis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...