RARE SEQUELAE OF PNEUMONIA; SUBCUTANEOUS, INTRAMUSCULAR AND RENAL ABSCESSES CAUSED BY TYPE XIV PNEUMOCOCCUS
Authors: F. Johnson Putney
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Case Reports1 December 1938RARE SEQUELAE OF PNEUMONIA; SUBCUTANEOUS, INTRAMUSCULAR AND RENAL ABSCESSES CAUSED BY TYPE XIV PNEUMOCOCCUSF. JOHNSON PUTNEY, M.D.F. JOHNSON PUTNEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-6-887 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe pneumococcus is seldom regarded as the cause of either skin or kidney lesions yet a few reports of such occurrences have been published. A number of observers describe the appearance of non-specific skin eruptions during pneumonia,1but others record the actual isolation of pneumococci from the lesions.2Mann and Gerboth2recovered pneumococci from a nodular eruption on the legs. Wakefield's patient with type II pneumococcic pneumonia developed intramuscular abscesses in the deltoid region and on the thigh. Schmidt-LaBaume and Otto noted vesicular lesions on the skin and mucous membranes from which pneumococci were isolated. Subcutaneous abscesses were noted in...Bibliography1. HIRSCH H: Petechiales Exanthem bei Pneumokokkenerkrankung, Med. Klin., 1920, vii, 181-184. JACOB, L.: Beiträge zu Kenntnis der Pneumomykosen, Jahrb. Hamburgischen Staatskrankenanstalten, 1909, xiv, 47-87. Google Scholar2. MANN S: Über fibrinöse Schleimhautentzündung durch Pneumokokkeninfektion, München. med. Wchnschr., 1909, ii, 72-74. GERBOTH, J.: Pneumokokken als Erreger von Hautgangrän, Dissert. Leipzig, 1911. WAKEFIELD, E. G.: Intramuscular abscesses complicating pneumonia, Ann. Clin. Med., 1927, v, 804-807. SCHMIDT-LABAUME, F., and OTTO, C.: Zur Klinik, Histologie und Pathogenese der Pneumokokkenexantheme, Arch. f. Dermat. u. Syph., 1933, clxix, 431-435. WINDHOLZ, F.: Untersuchungen über metastatische Pneumokokkendermatosen, Beitr. z. path. Anat. u. z. allg. Path., 1924-1925, lxxiii, 432-438. Google Scholar3. PREBLE cited by HOWARD, C. P.: The diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia, Oxford Univ. Press, 1936. FINLAND, M.: The significance of specific pneumococcus types in disease, ANN. INT. MED., 1937, x, 1531-1544. Google Scholar4. MOORBROWN HDIL: The occurrence of Diplococcus pneumoniae in the urinary tract, Jr. Bact., 1937, xxxiii, 73-74; Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cviii, 1594-1596. Google Scholar5. FAHR T: Pathologische Anatomie des Morbus Brighti, Handb. d. spez. path. Anat. u. Histol. Henke-Lubarsch, vi, 156-172. Google Scholar6. REIMANN HA: Infections of the kidney. The kidney in health and disease, Chapter 20, 1935, Berglund and Medes, Lea and Febiger. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication December 4, 1937.From the Department of Medicine, Jefferson Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 December 1938Volume 12, Issue 6Page: 887-889KeywordsAbscessesHospital medicineKidneysLesionsMucous membranesPneumococcusPneumonia Issue Published: 1 December 1938 PDF downloadLoading ...