WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME: RECOVERY FROM SHOCK IN FATAL CASE
Authors: Carl E. Taylor, Victor E. Landry
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Case Reports1 April 1947WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME: RECOVERY FROM SHOCK IN FATAL CASECARL E. TAYLOR, VICTOR E. LANDRYCARL E. TAYLORSearch for more papers by this author, VICTOR E. LANDRYSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-26-4-599 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe dramatic and usually fatal sudden circulatory collapse appearing in cases of fulminating septicemia (usually meningococcic) associated with adrenal hemorrhage has been most commonly recognized under the name Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome. The recognition and delineation of this condition has followed the course of most of the diseases which have yielded to clinical elucidation. First only scattered cases were reported and compared. Then as the condition became more widely known, it was more commonly recognized so that of the approximately 175 cases now in literature, over half were reported in the last five years.1Most of these have been in children...Bibliography1. PRATT-THOMASKELLEYGAZES HRWHPC: Fulminating meningococcemia (the Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome), Southern Med. Jr., 1945, xxxviii, 229-235. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BOGER WP: Fulminating meningococcemia, demonstration of intracellular meningococci in direct smears of blood in case of possible Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, New England Jr. Med., 1944, ccxxxi, 385-387. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. THOMASLEIPHART HBCD: Septicemia and purpura with adrenal hemorrhage in the adult, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxv, 884-890. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. COSGRIFF SW: Waterhouse-Friderichsen's syndrome; observations on associated adrenal insufficiency and report of four cases, Ann. Int. Med., 1944, xxi, 187-193. Google Scholar5. HERBUTMANGES PAWE: Fulminating meningococci infection (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome), Arch. Path., 1943, xxxvi, 413-422. Google Scholar6. MORISON JE: Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage, Lancet, 1943, i, 800-802. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. WILLIAMS H: Meningococcal infections in infancy and childhood; meningococcal septicemia, with special reference to adrenal apoplexy or Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, Med. Jr. Australia, 1942, ii, 557-561. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. MARTLAND HS: Fulminating meningococcic infection with bilateral massive adrenal hemorrhage (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome), with special reference to pathology, medicolegal aspects and incidence in adults, Arch. Path., 1944, xxxvii, 147-158. Google Scholar9. RICH AR: Peculiar type of adrenal cortical damage associated with acute infections and its possible relation to circulatory collapse, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1944, lxxiv, 1-15. Google Scholar10. WEILBROWN PJ: A cortin-like action of extracts of human urine, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1939, cxxvi, 652. Google Scholar11. BANKSMCCARTNEY HSJE: Meningococcal adrenal syndromes and lesions, Lancet, 1943, i, 771-775. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. RUCKSHOBSON WLJJ: Purpura fulminans (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome); report of case with recovery, Jr. Pediat., 1943, xxii, 226-232. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. POTTERBRONSTEIN HWLH: The Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1944, xxix, 703-708. Google Scholar14. PEABODY SD: Purpura fulminans (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome); case with recovery, New England Jr. Med., 1943, ccxxix, 934-936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. JACOBIHARRIS ML: Fulminating purpuric meningococcemia (Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome) with recovery, Ann. Int. Med., 1945, xxii, 876-886. Google Scholar16. WEINBERGMCGAVACK LDTH: The Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, New England Jr. Med., 1945, ccxxxii, 95-101. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. MARANGONID'AGATI BAVC: Hepatorenal failure in Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome; clinicopathologic observations in two cases with prolonged survival periods, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1944, ccvii, 385-393. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. D'AGATIMARANGONI VCBA: Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, New England Jr. Med., 1945, ccxxxii, 1-7. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 28, 1946.From U. S. Marine Hospital, Pittsburgh 24, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 April 1947Volume 26, Issue 4Page: 599-603KeywordsArmed forcesChildrenHemorrhageSepsisShock ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...