TULAREMIC PERICARDITIS: A REPORT OF TWO CASES INCLUDING ONE OF CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS
Authors: H C MEREDITH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Article1 April 1950TULAREMIC PERICARDITIS: A REPORT OF TWO CASES INCLUDING ONE OF CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITISH. CLARKSON MEREDITH JR., M.D.H. CLARKSON MEREDITH JR., M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-4-688 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince 1910 when Pearse gave the first clinical description of tularemia,1its recognition has become relatively common in certain areas. Despite the proximity of the pericardium to the lungs and pleurae, which are frequently attacked in this disease,5, 8, 13, 14, 15, 17it is surprising the pericardium is so rarely involved. Only a few cases of tularemic pericarditis have been reported since Simpson2published the first case in 1927. In 1943 Jager and Ransmeier could find only 10 cases, including three unpublished cases and one of their own.10A year later Aagaard12reported two more, making a total of...Bibliography1. Simpson WM: Tularemia, 1929, Paul B. Hoeber, Inc., p. 11. Google Scholar2. Simpson VE: Tularemia, a consideration based on a resume of the literature and personally observed cases with a report of an unusual complication, Ann. Int. Med. 2: 1092-1107, 1929. LinkGoogle Scholar3. Pessin SB: Tularemic pneumonia and pericarditis, Arch. Int. Med. 57: 1125-1144, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Stafer DD: Pericarditis with effusion complicating tularemia, Ann. Int. Med. 12: 407-412, 1938. LinkGoogle Scholar5. BlackfordSmith SDDC: Prolonged virulence of B. tularense in human tissue, South. M. J. 29: 1062-1067, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. StumpQuinn DF: Tularemia complicated by septicemia and heart disease, J. Kansas M. Soc. 41: 426-427, 1940. Google Scholar7. Foshay L: Tularemia: A summary of certain aspects of the disease including methods for early diagnosis and the results of serum treatment in 600 patients, Medicine 19: 1-83, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BlackfordCasey SDCJ: Pleuropulmonary tularemia, Arch. Int. Med. 67: 43-71, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Kavanaugh CN: Clinic on tularemia, Case IV, Internat. Clin. 2: 200-207, 1941. Google Scholar10. JagerRansmeier BVJC: Constrictive pericarditis due to Bacterium tularense , The Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull. 72: 166, 1943. Google Scholar11. StewartCartySeal HJJRJR: Contributions of roentgenology to the diagnosis of chronic constrictive pericarditis, Am. J. Roentgenol. and Radium Therapy 49: 349, 1943. Google Scholar12. Aagaard JD: Involvement of the heart in tularemia, Minnesota Med. 27: 115-117, 1944. Google Scholar13. PullenStuart RLBM: Tularemia, New Orleans M. and S. J. 98: 126, 1945. Google Scholar14. PullenStuart RLBM: Tularemia, an analysis of 225 cases, J. A. M. A. 129: 495-500, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. StuartPullen BMRL: Tularemia pneumonia: review of American literature and a report of 15 additional cases, Am. J. M. Sc. 210: 223-236, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. Foshay L: Treatment of tularemia with streptomycin, Am. J. Med. 2: 467, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar17. Morgan HJ: Pleuropulmonary tularemia, Ann. Int. Med. 27: 519, 1947. LinkGoogle Scholar18. BersonHanvell RCAB: Streptomycin in treatment of tularemia, Am. J. M. Sc. 215: 243, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Norfolk, Virginia*Received for publication September 7, 1948.From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInfectious pericarditisTularämieChronic Constrictive Pericarditis in Association with Rheumatoid DiseaseDie konstriktive Perikarditis und die Ergebnisse ihrer operativen BehandlungThe evolution and current concepts of the surgical treatment of constrictive pericarditisAcute constrictive pericarditisPericarditis in tropical diseasesKlinik und Therapie des PanzerherzensErkrankungen des PerikardTularemic PericarditisChronic Cardiac Compression (Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis) 1 April 1950Volume 32, Issue 4Page: 688-699KeywordsHospital medicineLungsPericardiumPleurae ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...