RENAL FUNCTION STUDIES IN ACUTE SYPHILITIC NEPHROSIS BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT WITH PENICILLIN
Authors: R H FURMAN, R G GALE, E M ORY, A WEINSTEIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Case Reports1 August 1951RENAL FUNCTION STUDIES IN ACUTE SYPHILITIC NEPHROSIS BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT WITH PENICILLINROBERT H. FURMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROBERT G. GALE, M.D., EDWIN M. ORY, M.D., ALBERT WEINSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.ROBERT H. FURMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT G. GALE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EDWIN M. ORY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ALBERT WEINSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-2-444 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSyphilis of the kidney includes a variety of renal lesions, none of which is well defined pathologically. The most common of these conditions, with the exception of slight and uncomplicated albuminuria unassociated with any other evidence of nephropathy, is the so-called acute syphilitic nephrosis. This type of nephritis may appear during the acute (secondary and probably late primary) phase of the infection. The incidence is less than 1 per cent in cases of secondary syphilis.4In 1935 Hermann and Marr12reviewed comprehensively the general subject of syphilitic nephropathies, and found eight unequivocal and four probable (data incomplete) cases of acute...Bibliography1. CookWarshawsky HDH: Acute syphilitic nephrosis. Case report, Am. Pract. 3: 129-130, 1948. Google Scholar2. HolmanMakovsky DVIH: Acute syphilitic nephrosis treated with penicillin, New York State J. Med. 46: 520-522, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. PattonCorlette EWMB: Three cases of acute syphilitic nephrosis in adults, Ann. Int. Med. 14: 1975-1980, 1941. LinkGoogle Scholar4. ThomasSchur EWM: Clinical nephropathies in early syphilis, Arch. Int. Med. 78: 679-686, 1946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. OlanskyMcCormick SG: Syphilitic nephrosis. A report of two cases, J. Ven. Dis. Inform. 28: 45, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. 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CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication February 8, 1950.From the Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.†This study was supported in part by grants-in-aid from the U.S.P.H.S., Eli Lilly and Company and Ciba Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.§Work done during the tenure of a National Research Council Fellowship. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Nephrotic Syndrome in Secondary Syphilis Report of a Case with Renal Biopsy FindingsWILLIAM F. FALLS JR., M.D., KENNETH L. FORD, M.D., CHARLES T. ASHWORTH, M.D., NORMAN W. CARTER, M.D.Physiology of the kidneyAcute syphilitic nephrosisSyphilisSyphilisFurther Progress in Venereology 1 August 1951Volume 35, Issue 2Page: 444-450KeywordsFellowshipsKidneysLesionsNephritisSyphilis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...