Undulant Fever: A Fatal Case
Authors: R. C. Rothenberg
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 April 1933Undulant Fever: A Fatal CaseR. C. ROTHENBERG, M.D.R. C. ROTHENBERG, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-10-1275 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThere have recently been numerous clinical publications on undulant fever. Kern,1 in 1928, summarized the 36 abortus strain cases previously cited in the American literature and added two more. Simpson and Fraizer2 in 1929, and Simpson3 in 1930, recorded the findings in a group of cases near Dayton, Ohio. In the latter year Giordano and Sensenich4 reported a clinical analysis of 35 cases in Indiana. In the same year (1930) Hardy's5 extensive study in Iowa mentioned ten fatal cases, with gross and microscopic autopsy findings in two.While the mortality rate has been placed by Hardy at 3 per cent,...Bibliography1 KERN RA: Clinical aspects of Brucella Melitensis variety abortus infection in man; report of first cases recognized in Pennsylvania, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1928, clxxvi, 405-430. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 SIMPSONFRAIZER WME: Undulant fever; report of sixty-three cases occurring in and about Dayton, Ohio, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1929, xciii, 1958-1963. Google Scholar3 SIMPSON WM: Undulant fever (Brucelliasis); a clinicopathologic study of ninety cases occurring in and about Dayton, Ohio, ANN. INT. MED., 1930, iv, 238-259. LinkGoogle Scholar4 GIORDANOSENSENICH ASRL: Brucella abortus infection in man; clinical analysis of thirty-five cases, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1930, xv, 421-436. Google Scholar5 HARDY AV: Undulant fever, with special reference to a study of brucella infection in Iowa, Nat. Inst. of Health Bull. No. 158, Dec. 1930. Google Scholar6 LASHMETNEWBURGH FHLH: Specific gravity of urine as a test of kidney function, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 1883-1885. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 AMOSSPOSTON HLMA: Undulant (Malta) fever; isolation of the Brucella organism from stools, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1929, xciii, 170-171. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 Report on Mediterranean Fever, Proc. Roy. Soc. Med., 1905, Part I. pp. 30, 32, 33; Part II, pp. 59, 61. Google Scholar9 CRAIG CF: The symptomatology and diagnosis of Malta fever, with the report of additional cases, Internat. Clinics, Phila., 15th s., 1906, iv, 89-115. Google Scholar10 SIMPSON WM: Personal communication. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Cincinnati, Ohio*Received for publication March 5, 1932.†From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTestes Trauma and InflammationBrucellar epididymo-orchitis in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study of 26 cases and review of the literatureGenitourinary BrucellosisBrucella Orchitis: A Rare Cause of Testicular EnlargementGenitourinary brucellosisKrankheiten durch BrucellenKrankheiten durch BrucellenHistological findings in human brucellosisPortal cirrhosis and post-necrotic liver scarringOrchitis as a complication of brucellosis (undulant fever) 1 April 1933Volume 6, Issue 10Page: 1275-1279KeywordsAutopsyDeath ratesFevers ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1933 PDF downloadLoading ...