A CASE OF LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM ASSOCIATED WITH ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA
Authors: William H. Wood, Henry Felson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Case Reports1 May 1946A CASE OF LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM ASSOCIATED WITH ATYPICAL PNEUMONIAWILLIAM H. WOOD JR., HENRY FELSONWILLIAM H. WOOD JR.Search for more papers by this author, HENRY FELSONSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-5-904 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptLymphogranuloma venereum is no longer thought of as a local infection of the genitalia, regional lymphatics, rectum, and sigmoid, but as Harrop1 has described, a systemic infection capable of producing headache, septic fever, chills, sweats, and articular rheumatism, and capable of involving lymphatics other than those of the inguinal and pelvic regions. The patient reacts to this infection with an elevation of serum globulin, thought by Schamberg2 to be an evidence of humoral antibody response. The skin becomes hypersensitive to the intradermal injection of suspensions of the inactivated virus, the Frei test.Rake and his coworkers3have improved the Frei...Bibliography1. HARROPRAKESHAFFER GAGMF(a) : A group of laboratory infections ascribed to lymphogranuloma venereum, Trans. Am. Clin. and Climatol. Assoc., 1941, lvi, 154-159. (b) HARROP G. A. RAKE G. SHAFFER M. F.: New clinical conceptions of lymphogranuloma venereum, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1941, lvi, 101-105. Google Scholar2. SCHAMBERG IL: Course of plasma protein changes in early lymphopathia venereum under treatment with sulfanilamide, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1941, cci, 67-81. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MCKEERAKESHAFFER CMGMF(a) : Complement fixation test in lymphogranuloma venereum, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1940, xliv, 410-413. (b) RAKE, G., SHAFFER M. F. GRACE A. W. MCKEE C. M. JONES H. P.: New aids in diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum, Am. Jr. Syph., Gonor., and Ven. Dis., 1941, xxv, 687-698. (c) SHAFFER M. F. RAKE G. GRACE A. W.: Yolk sac antigens in diagnosis and epidemiology of lymphogranuloma venereum, Am. Jr. Syph., Gonor., and Ven. Dis., 1942, xxvi, 271-281. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. RAKEJONES GH: Toxic factor associated with agent of lymphogranuloma venereum, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1943, liii, 86-88. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. RAKEEATONSHAFFER GMDMF(a) : Similarities and possible relationships among viruses of psittacosis, meningo-pneumonitis, and lymphogranuloma venereum, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1941, xlviii, 528-531. (b) EATON M. D. MARTIN W. P., and BECK, M.D.: Antigenic relationship of viruses of meningopneumonitis and lymphogranuloma venereum, Jr. Exper. Med., 1942, lxxv, 21-33. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SABINARING ABCD: Meningoencephalitis in man caused by virus of lymphogranuloma venereum, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1942, cxx, 1376-1381. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SHAFFERRAKEMCKEE MFGCM: Agent of lymphogranuloma venereum in lungs of mice, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol and Med., 1940, xliv, 408-410. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. FAVOUR CB: Ornithosis (psittacosis); report of 3 cases, and historical, clinical, and laboratory comparison with human atypical (virus) pneumonia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1943, ccv, 162-187. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication October 27, 1944. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMediastinal and Supraclavicular Lymphadenitis and Pneumonitis Due to Chlamydia trachomatis Serovars L 1 and L 2MiyagawanellenPsittacosis-Lymphogranuloma Group of VirusesAn explosive outbreak of primary atypical pneumoniaDie Pneumonien 1 May 1946Volume 24, Issue 5Page: 904-908KeywordsAntibody productionFeversGlobulinsHeadachesIntradermal injectionsPelvisPneumoniaRectumSweat ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...