FULMINATING PURPURIC MENINGOCOCCEMIA (WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME) WITH RECOVERY
Authors: Mendel Jacobi, Louis Harris
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Case Reports1 June 1945FULMINATING PURPURIC MENINGOCOCCEMIA (WATERHOUSE-FRIDERICHSEN SYNDROME) WITH RECOVERYMENDEL JACOBI, M.D., F.A.C.P., LOUIS HARRIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.MENDEL JACOBI, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, LOUIS HARRIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-22-6-876 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecoveries in cases of fulminating purpura of infectious origin, the so-called Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome,1 are extremely infrequent. Of 130 cases of the disease collected from the literature to October 1943, we have been able to find but five cases not ending fatally.2, 3, 4, 5, 6 We should like to add a sixth case of recovery.CASE REPORTG. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Received for publication January 15, 1944.From the Department of Medicine of the Beth-El Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDie NebenniereNor-Epinephrine in the Treatment of Acute Meningococcemia with Shock (Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome) and an Evaluation of Adrenocortical FunctionREFERENCES 1 June 1945Volume 22, Issue 6Page: 876-886KeywordsAdrenal cortexChemotherapyHospital medicineMeningococcemiaPenicillinResearch laboratoriesSodium ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...