GLYCOSURIA IN MENINGITIS
Authors: Frank Ferguson, David Barr
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 August 1944GLYCOSURIA IN MENINGITISFRANK FERGUSON, M.D., DAVID BARR, M.D., F.A.C.P.FRANK FERGUSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DAVID BARR, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-2-173 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince 18841 there have been in the literature scattered references to the occurrence of glycosuria in meningitis. Some have been in the form of case reports, and in several emphasis has been placed on the rarity of the association. Our interest in the subject was excited by the admission to the New York Hospital of a comatose woman of 41 with signs both of meningitis and of diabetic coma. Therapy begun simultaneously for both conditionsresulted in uneventful recovery from the meningitis and in the prompt disappearance of glycosuria. A study of this case led to a review of the...Bibliography1. LOEB M: Ein Erklärungsversuch der verschiedenartigen Temperaturverhältnisse bei der tuberculösen Basilarmeningitis, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1884, xxxiv, 443. Google Scholar2. FREWGARROD RSAE: Glycosuria in tuberculous meningitis, Lancet, 1913, i, 15. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. NOHECOURT P: Syndrome de vomissements avec acetonurie au debut des meningites a meningocoques et des meningites tuberculeuses, Prog. Med., 1933, i, 110. Google Scholar4. KRAFCHIKSLOBODY LLLB: Tuberculous meningitis resembling diabetic coma, Arch. Pediat., 1938, lv, 288. Google Scholar5. ROUSSEL AE: Pneumococcus meningitis simulating diabetic coma with recovery, Atlantic Med. Jr., 1926, xxx, 159. Google Scholar6. TAYLORMCKINSTRY FEWH: A case of suppurative meningitis with glycosuria simulating diabetic coma, Lancet, 1917, i, 182. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. COLE L: Diagnosis of coma in cerebrospinal fever with diabetes, Lancet, 1942, ii, 421. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BOXNICHOLSON CRTG: The glycosuria associated with meningitis, Lancet, 1917, i, 239. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. BRUCEFLEXNER JWM: Meningococcus meningitis: report of an unusual case, Arch. Pediat., 1926, xliii, 473. Google Scholar10. WARDDRIVER CWAA: Meningococcal meningitis starting as diabetic coma, Lancet, 1940, ii, 228. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. HUNTER RR: Glycosuria in meningococcal meningitis, Lancet, 1940, ii, 604. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. MCNALLY WD: Meningitis with a diabetic coma, Illinois Med. Jr., 1941, lxxx, 507. Google Scholar13. GREENEKEOHEN JAGF: Insulin resistance due to infection in diabetes mellitus in man, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1943, cxxi, 173. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. GREENEDAVIDJOHNSTON JAAG: Production of insulin resistance in depancreatized dogs, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1942, cxxxvi, 595. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. WILLIAMSDICK JLGF: Decreased dextrose tolerance in acute infectious diseases, Arch. Int. Med., 1932, l, 801. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. SWEENEYLACKEY JSRW: The effect of toxemia on tolerance for dextrose, Arch. Int. Med., 1928, xli, 257. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. SWEENEYBARSHOPLEBELLO JSNLC: Effect of toxemia on tolerance for dextrose and on the action of insulin, Arch. Int. Med., 1934, liii, 689. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. SWEENEYBARSHOPLEBELLOROSENTHAL JSNLCRS: Effect of toxemia on the tolerance for dextrose and on the action of insulin, Arch. Int. Med., 1934, liv, 381. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. SOSKINALLWEISSMIRSKY SMDIA: Interpretation of abnormal dextrose tolerance curves occurring in toxemia in terms of liver function, Arch. Int. Med., 1935, lvi, 927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. SOSKINMIRSKY SIA: The influence of progressive toxemic liver damage upon the dextrose tolerance curve, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1935, cxii, 649. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21. MIRSKY IA: The etiology of diabetic acidosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1942, cxviii, 690. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication April 15, 1944.From the Department of Medicine, New York Hospital and Cornell University Medical College, New York City. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBakterielle InfektionenKrankheiten des KohlenhydratstoffwechselsREFERENCES 1 August 1944Volume 21, Issue 2Page: 173-186KeywordsComaHospital medicineMeningitis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1944 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1944, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...