A Long-term View of Bacterial Endocarditis
Authors: S. RABINOVICH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1965)

Article1 August 1965A Long-term View of Bacterial Endocarditis337 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.S. RABINOVICH, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, J. EVANS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, I. M. SMITH, M.D., F.A.C.P., M.R.C.P. (GLAS.)Search for more papers by this author, L. E. JANUARY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-63-2-185 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWith the advent of chemotherapy and antibiotics, the perspective of bacterial endocarditis changed radically. A disease that was uniformly fatal became a serious disease that could be cured. With potentially effective treatment an early and accurate diagnosis improved the prognosis. Many aspects of the clinical features and the type of bacteria responsible for the endocarditis are not found in the same proportions as before the era of antibiotics. At the University of Iowa Hospitals there has been a continuing interest in bacterial endocarditis since 1924 (1-5); therefore, we have available at one institution an unusually large number of cases for...References1. HARDIN RC: The variability of embolic phenomena in subacute bacterial endocarditis. J. Iowa Med. Soc. 31, 95, 1941. Google Scholar2. THEILENJANUARY ELE: The treatment of subacute bacterial endocarditis. J. Iowa Med. Soc. 42: 167, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. DE GOWINCARTERBORTS ELJRIH: A case of infection with Brucella suis causing endocarditis and nephritis; death from rupture of mycotic aneurysm. Amer. Heart J. 30: 77, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. DE GOWIN EL: Permanent residual damage in patients recovering from subacute bacterial endocarditis. Proc. Cent. Soc. Clin. Res. 18: 39, 1945. 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