SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS CAUSED BY A HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED GRAM NEGATIVE COCCUS
Authors: Gustave J. Dammin
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Case Reports1 October 1941SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS CAUSED BY A HITHERTO UNDESCRIBED GRAM NEGATIVE COCCUSGUSTAVE J. DAMMIN, M.D.GUSTAVE J. DAMMIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-15-4-756 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONThe following report concerns a case of calcific aortic stenosis with super-imposed subacute bacterial endocarditis caused by a hitherto undescribed gram negative coccus. The literature on the occurrence and specific features of subacute bacterial endocarditis in the older age groups has recently been reviewed by Bayles and Lewis.1 From a study of 28 patients over 40 years of age, they concluded that subacute bacterial endocarditis in this age group was (1) less frequently correctly diagnosed, that (2) heart failure and azotemia occurred more frequently, and that (3) bacteremia was more difficult to demonstrate.The bacteriology of endocarditis was the...Bibliography1. BAYLESLEWIS TBWL: Subacute bacterial endocarditis in older people, ANN. INT. MED., 1940, xiii, 2154. Google Scholar2. SHILING MS: Bacteriology of endocarditis with report of two unusual cases, ANN. INT. MED., 1939, xiii, 476. Google Scholar3. COULTER CB: Gram negative coccus causing fatal endocarditis, Proc. New York Path. Soc., 1915, xv, 7. Google Scholar4. GORDONMCLEOD JJW: The practical application of the direct oxidase reaction in bacteriology, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1928, xxxi, 185. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. BERGEY DH: Manual of determinative bacteriology, 1939, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore. Google Scholar6. SAVOORCASTANEDAZINSSER SRMRH: Notes on the Weil-Felix reaction in individuals not suffering from typhus, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1935, xxxiii, 365. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. BILLINGSDAMMIN FTGJ: To be published. Google Scholar8. WILSON SP: Investigation of certain gram negative cocci met with in nasopharynx with special reference to their classification, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1928, xxxi, 477. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. TUNNICLIFFWOOLSEY RCI: The presence of "roughness" in streptococcus cultures from endocarditis, Jr. Infect. Dis., 1935, lvi, 116. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. ROSENOW EC: Experimental infectious endocarditis, Jr. Infect. Dis., 1912, xi, 210. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: San Juan,*Received for publication August 20, 1940.From the Medical Clinic and Pathological Department of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe pathogenic potential of commensal species of NeisseriaNeisseria pharyngis Bacteriaemia in a Patient with Subacute Bacterial EndocarditisSubacute bacterial endocarditis of nonstreptococcic etiologyEndocarditis caused by the micrococcus pharyngis siccus: Recovery after treatment with heparin and sulfapyridine 1 October 1941Volume 15, Issue 4Page: 756-765KeywordsAge groupsBacteremiaBacteriologyEndocarditisHeart failureHospitalsLongitudinal studiesStenosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...