BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS IN THE AGED
Authors: J B WALLACH, M GLASS, L LUKASH, A A ANGRIST
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 June 1955BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS IN THE AGEDJACQUES B. WALLACH, M.D., MACELLIS GLASS, B.A., LESLIE LUKASH, M.D., ALFRED A. ANGRIST, M.D.JACQUES B. WALLACH, M.D., MACELLIS GLASS, B.A., LESLIE LUKASH, M.D., ALFRED A. ANGRIST, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-6-1206 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFor many years the occurrence of bacterial endocarditis in the older age group has been inadequately emphasized. A review of several groups of patients with bacterial endocarditis reported in the literature indicates that a considerable number of these cases occur in older patients. These figures appear in table 1.In 1940 Bayles and Lewis4reviewed 28 cases in patients more than 40 years of age in whom the diagnosis was established at autopsy. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication November 1, 1954.From the Departments of Pathology, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, N. Y., Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Bronx, N. Y., and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byGeriatric Infectious DiseasesHost Factors and Infectious Diseases in the ElderlyBacterial endocarditis in subjects 60 years of age and older.Infective endocarditis in patients over age 60Infective endocarditis at the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City from 1938–1967Infective Endocarditis in the Antibiotic EraMyocarditis in senescenceErkrankungen des EndokardRecent Contributions to the Medical Problems of Old AgeSubacute Bacterial Endocarditis 1 June 1955Volume 42, Issue 6Page: 1206-1213KeywordsAge groupsAutopsyCardiovascular therapyEndocarditisHospital medicine Issue Published: 1 June 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...