MAJOR PSYCHOSIS IN UNDULANT FEVER

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Case Reports1 June 1937MAJOR PSYCHOSIS IN UNDULANT FEVERFRED E. ANGLE, M.D., W. H. ALGIE, M.D.FRED E. ANGLE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, W. H. ALGIE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-12-1890 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMental symptoms have frequently been observed during the course of undulant fever. In a study of 154 cases, we have encountered only one major psychosis. We found no reference to this condition as a complication of undulant fever in the American literature. Nouvilas1 reported four cases from the Asylum of Navarre; Roger2 collected 15 cases from the literature and reported three of his own. In a series of 200 cases, Cantaloube3 reported delirium in 12 and mental confusion in ten.CASE REPORTT. H., a white male business college student, aged 23, was admitted to the hospital January 8, 1936,...Bibliography1. NOUVILAS PA: Quatro Casos de Psicosis en la Fiebre de Malta, Siglo Med., 1931, lxxxvii, 113. Google Scholar2. ROGER H: Les troubles psychiques dans la melitococcie, Marseilles Med., 1931, ii, 694. Google Scholar3. CANTALOUBE : Quoted by Roger.2 Google Scholar4. ANGLE FE: Treatment of acute and chronic brucellosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1935, cv, 939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MENNINGER WC: Severe mental disturbance associated with organic disease, Jr. Kan. Med. Soc., 1936, xxxix, 356. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Kansas City, Kansas*Received for publication January 25, 1937. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byBrucellar Psychosis 1 June 1937Volume 10, Issue 12Page: 1890-1892KeywordsDeliriumFevers ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1937 PDF downloadLoading ...