THE VALUE OF SPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION AS A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE IN WEIL'S DISEASE
Authors: W H CARGILL, P B BEESON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1947)

Article1 September 1947THE VALUE OF SPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION AS A DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE IN WEIL'S DISEASEWALTER H. CARGILL JR., PAUL B. BEESONWALTER H. CARGILL JR., PAUL B. BEESONAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-27-3-396 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is well known that inflammation of the meninges may occur in Weil's disease, and that meningitis may occasionally be the principal clinical manifestation of that infection.1, 2, 3More commonly, however, meningeal involvement is evidenced only by abnormal changes in the spinal fluid. In cases observed recently at Grady Hospital, examination of the spinal fluid has revealed positive findings in Weil's disease with sufficient frequency to indicate that the procedure is of value as a diagnostic measure. This is important, in view of the fact that there is no satisfactory test for Weil's disease which is generally available or...Bibliography1. ASHEPRATT-THOMASKUMPE WFHRCW: Weil's disease. A complete review of American literature and an abstract of the world literature. Seven case reports, Medicine, 1941, xx, 145. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. CLAPPERMYERS MGB: Clinical manifestations of Weil's disease, with particular reference to meningitis, Arch. Int. Med., 1943, lxxii, 18. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WALCH-SORGDRAGER B: Leptospiroses, Bull. Health Organ. League of Nations, 1939, viii, 143. Google Scholar4. COSTATROISIER SJ: Virulence comparée du liquide cephalorachidien et du sang, Comp. rend. Soc. de biol., 1918, lxxxi, 1269. Google Scholar5. MINKENHOF JE: Meningisme bij leucaemie en bij ziekti van weil, Nederl. tijdschr. v. geneesk., 1937, iii, 4448 (Quoted by Walch-Sorgdrager). Google Scholar6. COCHEZFICHET P: Nouvelles observations de spirochétose meningée anictèrique, Presse med., 1933, xli, 646. Google Scholar7. GOLDBERGDAVENS HPED: Weil's disease, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1941, lxviii, 112. Google Scholar8. GARNIERREILLY MJ: Les réactions meningées au cours de la spirochétose ictèrigene, Compt. rend. Soc. de biol., 1917, lxxx, 446. Google Scholar9. BRUNOWILENSNAVELY FECJJR: Spirochetal jaundice. A report of 15 cases, including 2 cases of Leptospira canicola infection, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1943, cxxiii, 519. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. BINGEL A: Zur Klinik und pathologischen Anatomie neurologischer Komplikationen bei Weilscher Krankheit, Deutsch. Ztschr. f. Nervenh., 1936, cxli, 133. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. BLOOMWALKER NH: Spirochetal jaundice (Weil's disease), Virginia Med. Monthly, 1941, lxviii, 192. Google Scholar12. CUSHING EH: Leptospirosis icterohaemorrhagica, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1927, lxxxix, 1041. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. DAVIDSONSMITH LSJ: Weil's disease (leptospirosis); clinical and bacteriological study of 19 cases occurring chiefly among fish workers, Brit. Med. Jr., 1934, ii, 1137. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. STILESGOLDSTEINMCCANN WWJDWS: Leptospiral nephritis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1946, cxxxi, 1271. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. SHELDON WH: Lesions of muscle in spirochetal jaundice (Weil's disease; spirochetosis icterohemorrhagica), Arch. Int. Med., 1945, lxxv, 119. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: WALTER H. CARGILLJR.; PAUL B. BEESONAffiliations: Atlanta, Georgia*Received for publication March 28, 1947.From the Medical Service, Grady Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLIVER FUNCTION TEST ABNORMALITIES IN LEPTOSPIROSISMolecular Detection of Leptospira in Two Returned Travelers: Higher Bacterial Load in Cerebrospinal Fluid Versus Serum or PlasmaLEPTOSPIROSISLeptospirosisComprometimento do sistema nervoso na leptospirose II: Avaliação do líquido cefalorraqueanoSpirochaetal infections of the nervous systemLeptospirosis in cattle and manHuman LeptospirosisHypoglycorrachia in LeptospirosisRICHARD E. HELMER III, M.D., RALPH D. MILLSAPS, M.D.LeptospirosenYellow spinal fluidClinical characteristics of leptospirosisNEUROLOGICAL ASPECTS OF LEPTOSPIROSISTHE PROBLEM OF LEPTOSPIROSISMILTON S. SACKS, M.D. 1 September 1947Volume 27, Issue 3Page: 396-400KeywordsHospital medicineInfectious diseasesInflammationMedical servicesMeningesMeningitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1947 PDF downloadLoading ...