MENINGOCOCCEMIA WITHOUT MENINGITIS; A STUDY MADE AT THE STATION HOSPITAL, FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND

1 August 1944

journal article
research article
Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine

Vol. 21 (2) , 200-214
https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-2-200

Abstract

11 cases of meningococcemia without meningitis are presented and 4 additional cases summarized. The various characteristic skin lesions are described and discussed. All cases made uneventful recov-ery with sulfadiazine. Laboratory findings are given and cultural technique is described. Two photographs of typical skin lesions and 2 characteristic temp .-pulse-respiration charts are shown.

Keywords

MENINGITIS
HOSPITALS
MARYLAND
MENINGOCOCCEMIA

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

PROLONGED MENINGOCOCCEMIA
Archives of internal medicine (1960), 1938
CHRONIC MENINGOCOCCUS SEPTICEMIA
The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 1937