SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; REPORT OF A CASE WITH APPARENT FAILURE OF SULFONAMIDE PROPHYLAXIS COMPLICATED BY MASSIVE HEMOPERITONEUM
Authors: David H. Clement, Warren R. Montgomery
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1945)

Case Reports1 February 1945SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; REPORT OF A CASE WITH APPARENT FAILURE OF SULFONAMIDE PROPHYLAXIS COMPLICATED BY MASSIVE HEMOPERITONEUMDAVID H. CLEMENT, WARREN R. MONTGOMERYDAVID H. CLEMENTSearch for more papers by this author, WARREN R. MONTGOMERYSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-22-2-274 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe bizarre and protean manifestations of subacute bacterial endocarditis have been well described by numerous competent observers in recent years.1, 2, 3Although the treatment of this condition at present remains very unsatisfactory, we have of late acquired a better understanding of its pathogenesis. For over three decades the importance of theStreptococcus viridansin the etiology of this syndrome has been known. It has also been realized that this organism is most commonly found in the upper air passages and about the teeth and gums. The causal relationship of the extraction of teeth to this disease, especially in the...Bibliography1. BLUMER G: Subacute bacterial endocarditis, Medicine, 1923, ii, 105. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. THAYER WS: Studies on bacterial (infective) endocarditis, Johns Hopkins Hosp. Rep., 1926, xxii, 1. Google Scholar3. LIBMANFRIEDBERG ECK: Subacute bacterial endocarditis, Oxford Loose-Leaf Medicine, 1941, ii, 346. Google Scholar4. OKELLELLIOTT CCSD: Bacteremia and oral sepsis with special reference to the etiology of subacute bacterial endocarditis, Lancet, 1935, ii, 869. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. FELDMANTRACE LIM: Subacute bacterial endocarditis following removal of teeth or tonsils, Ann. Int. Med., 1938, xi, 2124. Google Scholar6. BLISSLONGFEINSTONE EAPHWH: The differentiation of streptococci and its relation to sulfanilamide therapy, South. Med. Jr., 1938, xxxi, 303. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SPINKCRAGO WWFH: Evaluation of sulfanilamide in the treatment of patients with subacute bacterial endocarditis, Arch. Int. Med., 1939, lxiv, 228. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SWAIN RH: Strain variations in the resistance of Streptococcus viridans to sulfonamide compounds, Brit. Med. Jr., 1940, i, 722. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. HAGEMAN PO: Use of sulfanilamide, Jr. Am. Dent. Assoc., 1940, xxvii, 909. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. CLAGETTSMITH AHEH: Subacute bacterial endocarditis and dental extraction, Jr. Am. Dent. Assoc., 1941, xxviii, 1841. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. COPPOLETTAWOLBACH JMSB: Body length and organ weights of infants and children, Am. Jr. Path., 1933, ix, 55. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication July 10, 1943.From the Medical Services of the Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York and of the Josephine Goodyear Convalescent Home, Williamsville, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byFocal Infection in Relation to Health and DiseaseRole of Dental Focal Infection in Etiology of DermatosisEffect of penicillin on the bacteremia following dental extractionThe Treatment of Bacterial Endocarditis 1 February 1945Volume 22, Issue 2Page: 274-282KeywordsBacterial pathogensChildrenEndocarditisEtiologyMedical servicesPathogenesisProphylaxisStreptococcusSulfonamide Issue Published: 1 February 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...