EOSINOPHILIA AND PNEUMONITIS IN CHRONIC BRUCELLOSIS; A REPORT OF TWO CASES

Abstract

Article1 May 1942EOSINOPHILIA AND PNEUMONITIS IN CHRONIC BRUCELLOSIS; A REPORT OF TWO CASESKENDALL A. ELSOM, M.D., FRANZ J. INGELFINGER, M.D.KENDALL A. ELSOM, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRANZ J. INGELFINGER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-16-5-995 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe co-existence of extensive pneumonic infiltration, eosinophilia and immune reaction to Brucella abortus has been recently observed by us in two patients. The striking similarity of the clinical picture in these two cases suggests that the association of phenomena was not purely fortuitous, but that a common etiology exists. The syndrome was unfamiliar to us, and, so far as we can determine, has not hitherto been described. We believe it to be a manifestation of brucellosis, but only the recognition and study of similar cases will substantiate this assumption.CASE REPORTSCase 1. S. K. L., a 29-year-old housewife, first...Bibliography1. BOGART FB: Pulmonary changes in undulant fever, South. Med. Jr., 1936, xxix, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. LAFFERTYPHILLIPS RHCC: Pulmonary changes in patients suffering from Malta fever, South. Med. Jr., 1937, xxx, 595. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. JOHNSON RM: Pneumonia in undulant fever—a report of three cases, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1935, clxxxix, 483. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BEATTY OA: Manifestations of undulant fever in the respiratory tract, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1937, xxxvi, 283. Google Scholar5. MUNGERHUDDLESON MIF: A preliminary report of the blood picture in brucellosis, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1939, xxiv, 617. Google Scholar6. ANGLE FE: Treatment of acute and chronic brucellosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, cv, 939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SCHMID N: Blut und Knochenmark bei Morbus Bang, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1939, xx (NS), 191. Google Scholar8. CALDERSTEENBAKER RMCL: Blood studies in brucellosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxii, 1893. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. LOEFFLER W: Die fluechtigen Lungeninfiltrate mit Eosinophilie, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1936 xvii (NS), 1069. Google Scholar10. LEITNER SJ: Hyperergische, fluechtige, mit Eosinophilie einhergehende Infiltrate der Lungen bei Tuberkulose und Abortivpneumonien, Acta med. Scand., 1938, xcvii, 473. Google Scholar11. MEYER HE: Zur Kenntnis fluechtiger, mit Eosinophilie im Blut einhergehender Lungeninfiltrate, Med. Welt, 1937, xi (2) 1808. Google Scholar12. GRAVESEN PB: Transitory lung infiltrations with eosinophilia, Acta med. Scand., 1938, xcvi, 523. Google Scholar13. STAHEL K: Sternalbefunde bei eosinophilem Lungeninfiltrat, Folia haemat., 1938, lix, 341. Google Scholar14. WILDLOERTSCHER OM: Zur Aetiologie der fluechtigen Lungen-Infiltrierungen, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1934, xv (NS), 829. Google Scholar15. ENGEL D: Zur Frage des anaphylaktischen Fruehjahrsoedems der Lunge, Beitr. z. Klin. d. Tuberk., 1937, lxxxix, 323. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. DOBREFFTOSCHEFF MA: Ueber einen Fall von spontan auftretender kryptogenetischer lang dauernder exzessiver Bluteosinophilie, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1935, clxxviii, 230. Google Scholar17. MINOTRACKEMANN GRFM: Respiratory signs and symptoms in trichinosis, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1915, cl, 571. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication December 29, 1939.From the Gastro-Intestinal Section (Kinsey-Thomas Foundation) of the Medical Clinic, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania†Fellow in Gastro-Enterology. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAsthma and Related Eosinophilic InfiltratesImmunopathogenesis and Treatment of Eosinophilic Lung Diseases in the TropicsEosinophilic lung disease in the tropicsRespiratory BrucellosisPulmonary Eosinophilia in Pulmonary TuberculosisRespiratory manifestationsReview of pulmonary brucellosis: A case report on brucellar pulmonary empyemaPulmonary Eosinophilia in Coccidioidal InfectionsEosinophil, Eosinophilic and Eosinophilic DisordersPulmonary Infiltrations with Eosinophilia as a Manifestation of CarcinomaPulmonary infiltrates, pericarditis and eosinophiliaPulmonary Infiltrate with EosinophiliaLÖFFLER'S SYNDROME: REPORT OF A CASE ASSOCIATED WITH ADMINISTRATION OF MEPHENESIN CARBAMATE (TOLSERAM)*THEODORE RODMAN, M.D., WILLIAM FRAIMOW, M.D., RALPH M. MYERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME.TROPICAL EOSINOPHILIA: CLINICAL, THERAPEUTIC AND ETIOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS. EXPERIMENTAL WORK*AMAURY COUTINHODie PneumonienDie eosinophilen LungeninfiltrateLÖFFLER'S SYNDROME FOLLOWING USE OF A VAGINAL CREAM*JUNE F. KLINGHOFFER, M.D.LOEFFLER'S SYNDROME FOLLOWING PENICILLIN THERAPY*SEYMOUR REICHLIN, M.D., MARY H. LOVELESS, M.D., ERNEST G. KANE, M.D.PULMONARY INFILTRATION WITH EOSINOPHILIA (PIE SYNDROME)*WILLIAM H. REEDER, M.D., BEN E. GOODRICH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Pulmonary EosinophiliaPulmonary infiltration and blood eosinophilia in children (Loeffler's syndrome)LXVI The Eosinophilic LungLoeffler's syndromeTransitory Lung Infiltrations Accompanied by Eosinophilia 1 May 1942Volume 16, Issue 5Page: 995-1002KeywordsBrucellaBrucellosisEosinophiliaEtiologyGastroenterology and hepatologyHospitalsPneumoniaPneumonitis Issue Published: 1 May 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...