SUBACUTE STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENDOCARDITIS AND STAPHYLOCOCCUS BACTEREMIA WITHOUT ENDOCARDITIS WITH A REPORT OF THE FAVORABLE EFFECT OF SULFANILAMIDE AND SULFATHIAZOLE IN TWO CASES
Authors: Hamilton Southworth
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1941)

Article1 January 1941SUBACUTE STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENDOCARDITIS AND STAPHYLOCOCCUS BACTEREMIA WITHOUT ENDOCARDITIS WITH A REPORT OF THE FAVORABLE EFFECT OF SULFANILAMIDE AND SULFATHIAZOLE IN TWO CASESHAMILTON SOUTHWORTH, M.D.HAMILTON SOUTHWORTH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-14-7-1180 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe staphylococcus is not an uncommon invader of the human blood stream but cases of prolonged bacteremia without an obvious focus of infection are rare. In most instances an obvious portal of entry is present and the bacteremia is either a temporary one at the height of the local infection or a septicemia with a stormy course. Low-grade bacteremias of long duration do, however, occur, and in such cases the question of a subacute or chronic endocarditis is invariably raised.Searching for such case reports, with or without endocarditis, in the literature, we were able to find only those that...References1. THAYER WS: Studies on bacterial (infective) endocarditis, Johns Hopkins Hosp. Rep., 1926, xxii, 1. Google Scholar2. STICH B: Subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Staphylococcus albus , Arch. Int. Med., 1932, xlix, 666. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. LECLERC F: L'Endocardite infectieuse a évolution lente et prolonguée, Lyon Med., 1906, cvii, 1017. Google Scholar4. YOUNG CJ: Pregnancy at term complicated by Staphylococcus albus septicemia and cerebral hemorrhage, Ohio State Med. Jr., 1936, xxxii, 24. Google Scholar5. LEMIERRELAPORTEBOTTANSKI AAE: Endocarditis vegetantes a staphylocoque, Bull. et mém. Soc. med. d. hôp. de Paris, 1931, xlvii, 532. Google Scholar6. HORDER TJ: Infective endocarditis, Quart. Jr. Med., 1908-9, ii, 289-324. Google Scholar7. THOMPSONCHORAZO RD: Correlated antigenic and biochemical properties of staphylococci, Jr. Bact., 1937, xxxiv, 69-79. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. THAYER WS: Bacterial or infective endocarditis, Edinburgh Med. Jr., 1931, xxxviii, 237-265, 307-334. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication August 10, 1940.From the Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and The Presbyterian Hospital, New York City.†Horder's case has been included even though there is no mention whether or not there was a focus other than on the heart valves. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byFifteen years' experience with staphylococcus septicemia in a large city hospitalSubacute bacterial endocarditis of nonstreptococcic etiology 1 January 1941Volume 14, Issue 7Page: 1180-1183KeywordsBacteremiaBloodEndocarditisHeartHospital medicineRiversSepsisStaphylococcal infectionStaphylococcusSurgeons ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1941 PDF downloadLoading ...