FATAL TULAREMIA
Authors: LEWIS P. GUNDRY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1934)

Article1 January 1934FATAL TULAREMIAREVIEW OF AUTOPSIED CASES WITH REPORT OF A FATAL CASE*LEWIS P. GUNDRY, M.D., C. GARDNER WARNER, M.D.LEWIS P. GUNDRY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, C. GARDNER WARNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-7-837 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe recognition of tularemia as a disease entity is relatively recent. The discovery of the causative organism in 1911 by McCoy, and the studies made by Francis and others, have served to establish the disease on a firm scientific basis. Three hundred and twenty-three case reports were studied by Francis1in 1927 and the four clinical types of the disease noted. The mode of infection, clinical signs and symptoms, and mortality rate were well understood at that time. A study of the human pathology of the disease, however, is somewhat more recent. From 1924, when the first autopsied case was...References1. FRANCIS E: Symptoms, diagnosis and pathology of tularemia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 1155-1161. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. VERBRYCKE JR: Tularemia; with report of fatal case simulating cholangitis, with postmortem report, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1924, lxxxii, 1577-1581. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. FRANCISCALLENDER EGR: Tularemia; microscopic changes of lesions in man, Arch. Path. and Lab. Med., 1927, iii, 577-607. Google Scholar4. GOODPASTUREHOUSE EWSJ: Pathologic anatomy of tularemia in man, Am. Jr. Path., 1928, iv, 213-226. Google Scholar5. PERMARMACLACHLAN HHWW: Tularemic pneumonia, ANN. INT. MED., 1931, v, 687-698. Google Scholar6. BLACKFORD SD: Pulmonary lesions in human tularemia; pathological review and report of fatal case, ANN. INT. MED., 1932, v, 1421-1426. LinkGoogle Scholar7. FOULGERGLAZERFOSHAY MAML: Tularemia; report of case with postmortem observations and note on staining of Bacterium tularense in tissue section, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcviii, 951-954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BRYANTHIRSCH AREF: Tularemic leptomeningitis; report of case, Arch. Path., 1931, xii, 917-923. Google Scholar9. HARTMAN FW: Tularemic encephalitis; pathology of acute tularemia with brain involvement and coexisting tuberculosis, Am. Jr. Path., 1932, viii, 57-62. Google Scholar10. FOSHAY L: Personal communication. Google Scholar11. SCHUMACHER HW: Cited by FRANCIS E.: (Personal communication to author), Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 1155-1161. Google Scholar12. BARDONBERDEZ RG: Tularemia; report of fatal case, with postmortem observations, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xc, 1369-1371. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. SIMPSON WM: Tularemia (Francis' disease): clinical and pathological study of 48 non-fatal cases and one rapidly fatal case with autopsy, occurring in Dayton, Ohio, ANN. INT. MED., 1928, i, 1007-1059. LinkGoogle Scholar14. PALMERHANSMANN HDGH: Tularemia; report of fulminating case with necropsy, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1928, xci, 236-239. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. BUNKERSMITH CWEE: Tularemia; report of four cases, one fatal with autopsy report, U. S. Naval Med. Bull., 1928, xxvi, 901-911. Google Scholar16. MASSEE JC: Tularemia in Georgia; report of a fatal case, Jr. Med. Assoc. Ga., 1931, xx, 66-67. Google Scholar17. SIMPSON WM: Tularemia: history, pathology, diagnosis and treatment, 1929, Paul B. Hoeber, New York. Google Scholar18. TUREEN LL: Tularemic pneumonia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcix, 1501-1502. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Baltimore, Maryland*Received for publication April 22, 1933.From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByTularemia and BioterrorismGastrointestinal and Hepatic Manifestations of Tickborne Diseases in the United StatesTularemic hepatitis presenting as obstructive jaundiceTularemia and BioterrorismGranulome bei MykosenDie infektiösen „spezifischen“ GranulomeTularämieCultivation of Bacterium tularense in Simplified Liquid MediaLATE TULAREMIC SEPTICEMIA: RECOVERY FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATION OF SULFANILAMIDE COMPOUNDS*LESTER M. MAY, M.D.TULAREMIC MENINGITIS Report of Case with Postmortem Observations*EDGAR R. PUND, M.D., F.A.C.P., MILFORD B. HATCHER, M.D. 1 January 1934Volume 7, Issue 7Page: 837-852KeywordsDeath ratesSigns and symptomsTularemia Issue Published: 1 January 1934 PDF DownloadLoading ...