GONORRHEAL SEPTICEMIA AND ERYTHEMA NODOSUM
Authors: Henry J. Bakst, John A. Foley, Marion E. Lamb
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Case Reports1 December 1935GONORRHEAL SEPTICEMIA AND ERYTHEMA NODOSUMHENRY J. BAKST, M.D., JOHN A. FOLEY, M.D., MARION E. LAMBHENRY J. BAKST, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN A. FOLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MARION E. LAMBSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-6-790 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince the report of two cases of gonococcal septicemia by Hewes1 in 1894. the publishing of sporadic cases has increased that number to about 150. Only 37 of this number, however, have had as fortunate an outcome as the two cases described by Hewes. We have recently had the opportunity of observing a case of gonococcal septicemia complicated by the presence of erythema nodosum. The fact that this patient was still entirely well when seen 14 months after his discharge from the hospital is, we believe, a source of added interest.CASE REPORTA 42 year old colored porter was...Bibliography1. HEWES HF: Two cases of gonorrheal rheumatism with specific bacterial organisms in the blood, Boston Med. and Surg. Jr., 1894, cxxxi, 515-516. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. FAURE-BEAULIEU M: La septicémie gonococcique prouvée par la constatation du gonocoque dans le sang circulant, Thèse de Paris, 1906. Google Scholar3. THAYER WS: On the cardiac complications of gonorrhea, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1922, xxxiii, 361-372. Google Scholar4. MCCANTS JM: Gonococcus infection of heart, with report of 2 fatal cases due to gram negative diplococcus, U. S. Nav. Med. Bull., 1930, xxviii, 603-613. Google Scholar5. NEWMAN AB: Prognosis in gonococcal endocarditis; review of literature and report of case with spontaneous recovery, Am. Heart Jr., 1933, viii, 821-833. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. 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