Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Following the Removal of Teeth or Tonsils

Article1 June 1938SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF TEETH OR TONSILSL. FELDMAN, M.D., I. M. TRACE, M.D., F.A.C.P.L. FELDMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, I. M. TRACE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-12-2124 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt has been the opinion of many investigators that the upper respiratory passages and the mouth harbor foci which act as the most common portals of entry in subacute bacterial endocarditis. There is a good deal of bacteriologic and immunologic work which tends to support this opinion, besides suggesting the important conclusion that transient bacteremia is not an infrequent occurrence in the seemingly benign infections in this region. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Received for publication December 17, 1936.From the Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. 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