Three Cases of Acute Syphilitic Nephrosis in Adults

Article1 May 1941THREE CASES OF ACUTE SYPHILITIC NEPHROSIS IN ADULTSE. WHITE PATTON, M.D., MARVIN B. CORLETTE, M.D.E. WHITE PATTON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, MARVIN B. CORLETTE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-11-1975 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThree patients with acute syphilis have been seen in this clinic during the past two years who exhibited the picture of nephrosis and whose course justified a diagnosis of acute syphilitic nephrosis. Since there are few reports of similar cases in the literature, one is led to conclude that this is a rare complication of early syphilis. In 1935 Hermann and Marr1reviewed the literature on clinical syphilitic nephropathies and devised a classification of these conditions. They found nine cases which were considered characteristic of acute syphilitic nephrosis. Since Hermann and Marr's contribution, there have been no other reported cases...Bibliography1. HERMANNMARR GWL: Clinical syphilitic nephropathies, Am. Jr. Syph. and Neurol., 1935, xix, 1-29. Google Scholar2. BAKER BM: The relation of syphilis to nephritis, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1939, lxv, 196-211. Google Scholar3. WARTHIN AS: The excretion of Spirocheta pallida through the kidneys, Jr. Infect. Dis., 1922, xxx, 569-591. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. DIEULAFOY G: Clinique médicale de l'Hôtel Dieu de Paris, 1899, Mason et Cie, Paris, ii, 242. Google Scholar5. VORPAHL K: Spirochätenbefund im Urin bei Nephritis syphilitica, München. med. Wchnschr., 1912, lix, 2811-2813. Google Scholar6. HOFFMAN E: Ueber akute syphilitische Nierenentzündung in der Frühperiode, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1913, xxxix, 253-256. Google Scholar7. FIESSINGERHUBER NJ: Un cas de Treponemurie au cours de la syphilis secondaire, Bull. et mem. Soc. med. d'hôp. de Paris, 1921, xlv, 146-150. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication December 7, 1940.From the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNephrotic syndrome and hepatitis due to acquired syphilis: an uncommon presentation of a re-emerging diseaseRenal Complications of Infectious DiseasesImmunopathogenesis of Syphilitic GlomerulonephritisThe Nephrotic Syndrome in Secondary Syphilis Report of a Case with Renal Biopsy FindingsWILLIAM F. FALLS JR., M.D., KENNETH L. FORD, M.D., CHARLES T. ASHWORTH, M.D., NORMAN W. CARTER, M.D.Acute syphilitic nephrosisRENAL FUNCTION STUDIES IN ACUTE SYPHILITIC NEPHROSIS BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT WITH PENICILLIN*†ROBERT H. FURMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROBERT G. GALE, M.D., EDWIN M. ORY, M.D., ALBERT WEINSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 May 1941Volume 14, Issue 11Page: 1975-1980KeywordsSyphilis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...