NEISSERIA CATARRHALIS ENDOCARDITIS
Authors: R. Manning Clarke, Robert B. Haining
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1936)

Case Reports1 July 1936NEISSERIA CATARRHALIS ENDOCARDITISR. MANNING CLARKE, M.D., F.A.C.P., ROBERT B. HAINING, B.S., M.D.R. MANNING CLARKE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT B. HAINING, B.S., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-1-117 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThat vegetative endocarditis is due to microörganisms conveyed to the valves through the veins from external foci was first consistently proposed by Emmanuel Winge in a report to the Norwegian Medical Society in 1869. In this country, probably the first demonstration of the infectious nature of acute endocarditis was made before the Chicago Pathological Society by Christian Fenger in 1879. In 1881 Osler showed the New York Pathological Society microscopic preparations from endocardial vegetations containing minute bodies resembling bacteria. However, at this time members of the Society, while accepting the presence of the bacteria, were reluctant to regard them as...Bibliography1. SCHULTZ OT: Acute vegetative endocarditis with multiple secondary foci of involvement due to Micrococcus pharyngitidis-siccae , Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1918, lxxi, 1739. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SHAW FW: The pathogenicity of Neisseria sicca , Science, 1932, lxxv, 488. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. GRAEFDE LA CHAPELLEVANCE ICEMC: Micrococcus pharyngis siccus endocarditis, Am. Jr. Path., 1932, viii, 347. Google Scholar4. GOLDSTEIN JD: Endocarditis due to a Neisseria pharyngis organism, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxxvii, 672. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. CURTIS SH: Report of a case of bacteremia caused by the Micrococcus catarrhalis following tonsillectomy and acute polyarthritis with recovery, N. Y. State Jr. Med., 1932, xxxii, 672. Google Scholar6. ENDRES G: Der Mikrococcus catarrhalis als Erreger einer Sepsis mit Endocarditis und Nephritis, München. med. Wchnschr., 1925, lxxii, 723. Google Scholar7. GAUPPAXEN RA: Meningitis cerebrospinalis purulenta durch den Micrococcus catarrhalis , Klin. Wchnschr., 1933, xii, 1177-1180. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. ROBBELEN A: Micrococcus catarrhalis as causative agent in lobar pneumonia, Ztschr. f. Hyg. u. Infektionskr., 1933, cxv, 705. Google Scholar9. HUGONOTFRIESS GE: Septicémie pseudopalustra à "Micrococcus catarrhalis," Bull. et mém. Soc. med. d. hôp. de Paris, 1933, xlix, 1410-1413. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication March 24, 1936.From the Departments of Medicine, College of Medical Evangelists and the Los Angeles County Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byFATAL SEPSIS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS CAUSED BY MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS IN A CHILDBronchopulmonary infection withMoraxella catarrhalis in infants requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenationBranhamella catarrhalis: an organism gaining respect as a pathogenBranhamella catarrhalis Bacteremia in ChildrenBranhamella catarrhalis septicemia in patients with leukemiaBranhamella catarrhalis—An emerging human pathogenNeisseria catarrhalis EndocarditisDAN DOUER, M.D., YARDENA DANZIGER, M.D., JACK PINKHAS, M.D.Neisseria catarrhalisEndocarditisALAN A. POLLOCK, M.D., ROBERT S. HOLZMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.NEISSERIA FLAVA ENDOCARDITIS: WITH REPORT OF A CASE*W. T. MATLAGE, M.D., PRESTON E. HARRISON, M.D., Ph.D., JAMES A. GREENE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Subacute bacterial endocarditis of nonstreptococcic etiology 1 July 1936Volume 10, Issue 1Page: 117-121KeywordsBacteriaEndocarditisHospital medicineNeisseriaVeins ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1936 PDF downloadLoading ...