BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS FOLLOWING MITRAL VALVOTOMY
Authors: R ANDREASSEN, N K JENSEN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Case Reports1 September 1956BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS FOLLOWING MITRAL VALVOTOMYROLF ANDREASSEN, M.D., NATHAN KENNETH JENSEN, M.D.ROLF ANDREASSEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, NATHAN KENNETH JENSEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-3-534 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWe are reporting a case of bacterial endocarditis which followed cardiac catheterization and mitral commissurotomy. The infecting organism was a hemolytic Staphylococcus albus highly resistant to penicillin. The patient recovered with erythromycin and streptomycin therapy.CASE REPORTThe patient was a 50 year old white male who was first seen on November 27, 1953, because of progressively severe dyspnea. He had had rheumatic fever with polyarthritis at age 16. A heart murmur was heard the following year. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Minneapolis, Minnesota*Received for publication June 17, 1955.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Rolf Andreassen, M.D., 825 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA Long-term View of Bacterial Endocarditis 337 Cases 1924 to 1963S. RABINOVICH, M.D., J. EVANS, M.D., I. M. SMITH, M.D., F.A.C.P., M.R.C.P. (GLAS.), L. E. JANUARY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Bacterial Endocarditis with Ventricular Aneurysm Formation Six Years Following Mitral CommissurotomyPrimary Staphylococcal Pericarditis Complicating Cardiotomy A Report of a Case with a Note on Intrapericardial Methicillin TherapyHANNA J. ABU-NASSAR, M.D., ELLARD M. YOW, M.D., F.A.C.P., JAMES K. ALEXANDER, M.D., JOHN M. LEWIS, M.D.Antimicrobial Therapy in Heart Disease in ChildrenMycotic Endocarditis Following Intracardiac OperationsErkrankungen des EndokardBACTERIAL AND MYCOTIC ENDOCARDITIS FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY 1 September 1956Volume 45, Issue 3Page: 534-540KeywordsDyspneaEndocarditisErythromycinFatigueHeart murmursPenicillinRheumatic feverStaphylococcal infectionStaphylococcusStreptomycin ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...