SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PROGNOSIS
Authors: Joseph A. Capps
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 August 1939SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PROGNOSISJOSEPH A. CAPPS, M.D., F.A.C.P.JOSEPH A. CAPPS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-2-280 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIn the year 1910 a young man came under my care at St. Luke's Hospital complaining of daily fever, night sweats, and exhaustion. During the next few days petechiae appeared in crops on the skin, the spleen became palpable, and red blood cells were found in the urine. The presence of a loud systolic murmur over the apex of the heart prompted recourse to blood cultures, whereupon Dr. Rosenow in two attempts succeeded in obtaining an abundant growth ofStreptococcus viridans. 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