MENINGOCOCCEMIA WITHOUT MENINGITIS; A STUDY MADE AT THE STATION HOSPITAL, FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND
Authors: Harold W. Potter, Roger D. Reid, Lewis H. Bronstein
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 August 1944MENINGOCOCCEMIA WITHOUT MENINGITIS; A STUDY MADE AT THE STATION HOSPITAL, FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLANDHAROLD W. POTTER, F.A.C.P., ROGER D. REID, LEWIS H. BRONSTEINHAROLD W. POTTER, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ROGER D. REIDSearch for more papers by this author, LEWIS H. BRONSTEINSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-2-200 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMany contributions have appeared in American and foreign journals describing meningococcemia without meningitis. Most of the reports have been of one to three cases with a discussion of the literature. Because of the wide distribution of such reports, it is not our purpose to summarize these findings but to report our observations on 11 cases which we treated. Sulfadiazine was the drug used in our series and, because of this, we have observed certain differences from the cases seen previous to this form of therapy. The outstanding difference is that our cases would fall into the acute meningococcemia class rather...Bibliography1. BINNSFOTHERGILL JFLD: Chronic meningococcic septicemia, New England Jr. Med., 1931, ccv, 536-539. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. CARBONELLCAMPBELL AEP: Prolonged meningococcemia: report of three cases, Arch. Int. Med., 1938, lxi, 646-654. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. APPLEBAUM E: Chronic meningococcus septicemia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1937, cxciii, 96-108. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HEINLE RW: Meningococcic septicemia: report of five new cases, Arch. Int. Med., 1939, lxiii, 575-583. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MOSS GC: Meningococcal infection with special reference to meningococcal septicemia, Med. Jr. Australia, 1941, i, 548-552. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. WATSON LD: Meningococcemia without meningitis, case, New England Jr. Med., 1941, ccxxv, 685-686. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. KATTWINKEL EE: Meningococcemia, New England Jr. Med., 1941, ccxxiv, 685-686. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SCHEIN AT: Articular manifestations of meningococcus infection, Arch. Int. Med., 1938, lxii, 963-978. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. TODDSANFORD JCAH: Clinical diagnosis by laboratory methods, 1942, Ninth Edition, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Google Scholar10. BREWER JH: Clear liquid medium for "aerobic" cultivation of anaerobes, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1940, cxv, 598. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Technical Manual 8-227: Methods for laboratory technician, War Dept., October 17, 1941, page 157. Google Scholar12. REID RD: Isolation and identification of the gonococcus, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1942, lxx, 370. Google Scholar13. TOMPKINS VN: The diagnostic value of smears from purpuric lesions of the skin in meningococcic disease, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1943, cxxiii, 31-32. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication November 11, 1943. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPRIMARY MENINGOCOCCAL LOBAR PNEUMONIA WITHOUT MENINGITIS*JAY I. MELTZER, YALE KNEELAND JR., F.A.C.P.Acute meningococcemia 1 August 1944Volume 21, Issue 2Page: 200-214KeywordsBloodFallsFeversLesionsMeningitisMeningococcemiaRocky Mountain spotted feverTemperatureToxinsTyphus ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...