Gonococcal Endocarditis*†
Authors: ARTHUR M. HOFFMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 May 1932Gonococcal EndocarditisSummary of the Literature and Report of a CaseARTHUR M. HOFFMAN, M.D., FLOYD C. TAGGART, M. D.ARTHUR M. HOFFMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FLOYD C. TAGGART, M. D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-11-1397 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThayer,1 in 1922, stated that "gonorrheal cardiac infections as a whole are by no means very unusual". In contrast to the wide prevalence of gonorrheal urethritis this cardiac complication is rare. Thayer, at that time, reviewed the literature and reported seventy-two cases including twelve new ones of his own. In a comprehensive survey of the literature since 1922 we can find reported only eight authentic cases, to which we add another.CASE REPORTA white woman, aged 19, maid, was admitted to the Santa Fe Coast Lines Hospital, Los Angeles, on July 13, 1930, as convalescent from an operation for...References1 THAYER WS: Cardiac complications of gonorrhea, Johns Hopkins Hosp. Bull., 1922, xxxiii, 361-372. Bacterial or infective endocarditis, Edinburgh Med. Jr., 1931, New series, xxxviii, 307-331. Google Scholar2 KARSNER HT: Pathology of endocarditis; summary review, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvi, 411-417. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 AUBERTINGAMBILLARD : Endocardite blennoragique guérie par la sérothérapie antigonococcique, Bull, et mém. Soc., méd. d. hôp. de Paris, 1924, xlviii, 512-517. Google Scholar4 VILLELATORRES EOM: Gonococcus endocarditis, Sciencia med., Rio de Jan., 1924, ii, 703-709. Google Scholar5 BARDLANGERNONGARDÈRE : Endocardite végétante de l'orifice pulmonaire chez un blennoragique récent atteint de nephrite aiguë, Lyon méd, 1925, cxxxv, 639-42. Google Scholar6 GALLOIS PM: Endocardite gonococcique, Paris Thesis, 1925, No. 300. Google Scholar7 EDWARDS BB: Gonorrheal endocarditis, U. S. Vet. Bur. Med. Bull., 1929, v, 360-363. Google Scholar8 JOHNSTONJOHNSTON JIJM: Gonococcal and pneumococcal vegetative endocarditis of pulmonary valve, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1929, clxxvii, 843-849. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 KRAMERSMITH SEJV: Gonorrheal septicemia and endocarditis, Jr. Med. Soc. New Jersey, 1930, xxvii, 311-315. Google Scholar10 MCCANTS JM: Gonococcus infection of heart, with report of two fatal cases due to gram-negative dipjlococcus, U. S. Nav. Med. Bull., 1930, xxviii, 603-613. Google Scholar11 KLEIN PM: Endocardite infectieuse gonococcique, mort le 48e jour apres l'accouchment, Bull. Soc. d'Obst. et gynéc., 1927, xvi, 524-526. Google Scholar12 LIONLEVY-BRUHL GM: Un case d'endocardite infectieuse gonococcique avec sérodiagnostic positif, Arch. d. mal. du coeur, 1922, xv, 289-297. Google Scholar13 HERZOGKOUZMIN AT: Gonorrheal endocarditis, Vrach. dvelo, 1929, xii, 512-514. Google Scholar14 BARBEMEYNET EP: Une observation de septicémie gonococcique avec endocardite maligne, Ann. d. mal. vén., 1922, xvii, 27-36. Google Scholar15 RIECKER HH: Gonococcic bacteremia with gonococcic endocarditis and aortitis, Am. Heart Jr., 1929, i, 191-195. Google Scholar16 BREBNER IW: Case of gonococcal endocarditis, Jr. Med. Assoc. So. Africa, 1927, i, 371-372. Google Scholar17 PRATSICAS A: Contributions à l'étude des manifestations viscérales de la gonococcie (endocardite, pneumonie), Paris méd., 1928, lxvii, 521-528. Google Scholar18 VANDER VEER JN: Pure gonococcal endocarditis, with death, Urol. and Cut. Rev., 1929, xxiii, 815-817. Google Scholar19 PERRY MW: Gonorrheal endocarditis with recovery; case report, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1930, clxxix, 599-605. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20 TABBUTT AH: Gonococcal septicaemia, Med. Jr. Australia, 1926, ii, 451-452. CrossrefGoogle Scholar21 KIRKLAND HB: Gonococcus endocarditis, Am. Heart Jr., 1932, vii, 360-369. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*From the Santa Fe Coast Line Hospital, Los Angeles, California.†Received for publication, August 10, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byGonococcal Endocarditis: Twenty-Five Year ExperienceHautveränderungen bei GonorrhoeAN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATT GONORRHEAL ENDOCARDITIS WITH BILATERAL PAROTITIS AND TOXIC JAUNDICE AS ADDITIONAL COMPLICATIONS*WALTER R. STEINER, M.D., LOFTUS L. WALTON, M.D.The prognosis in gonococcal endocarditis 1 May 1932Volume 5, Issue 11Page: 1397-1403KeywordsGonorrhea Issue Published: 1 May 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...