Notes on the Treatment of Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Encountered in 88 Cases at the Massachusetts General Hospital During the Six Year Period 1939 to 1944 (Inclusive)

Article1 January 1945NOTES ON THE TREATMENT OF SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS ENCOUNTERED IN 88 CASES AT THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL DURING THE SIX YEAR PERIOD 1939 TO 1944 (INCLUSIVE)PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., MARION W. MATHEWS, M.D., ELWYN EVANS, M.D.PAUL D. WHITE, M.D., MARION W. MATHEWS, M.D., ELWYN EVANS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-22-1-61 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn this note we shall report the findings in the 88 clearcut cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis which were treated at the Massachusetts General Hospital for the nearly-six years from the beginning of 1939, which terminated the period of 12 years covered in the analysis of Kelson and White1presented above and began a period of special chemotherapy (January 1939-November 1944 inclusive). The first seven cases were reported by Kelson and White in 1939.2Thirty-eight more of these 88 cases were reported by Leach et al. in 1941.3Forty-three new cases have been treated since. Our criteria for a clearcut...Bibliography1. KELSONWHITE SRPD: Notes on 250 cases of subacute bacterial (streptococcal) endocarditis studied and treated between 1927 and 1939. Ann. Int. Med., 1945, xxii, 40-60. Google Scholar2. KELSONWHITE SRPD: A new method of treatment of subacute bacterial endocarditis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxiii, 1700. Google Scholar3. LEACHFAULKNERDUNCANMCGINNPORTERWHITE CEJNCNSRRPD: Chemotherapy and heparin in subacute bacterial endocarditis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvii, 1345. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication October 1, 1944.From the Cardiac Clinics of the Massachusetts General Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAntimicrobial treatment of infective endocarditis caused by viridans streptococci highly susceptible to penicillin: historic overview and future considerationsTherapie der EndokarditisBacterial Endocarditis Following Surgery for Congenital Heart DiseaseErkrankungen des EndokardDie Herz- und GefäßkrankheitenEndocarditis LentaTreatment of Bacterial EndocarditisThe Role of the Pulpless Tooth in Systemic Disease: A SummaryENTEROCOCCAL ENDOCARDITIS: REPORT OF A CASE TREATED WITH AUREOMYCIN*JAMES F. FLANDERS, M.D., LEMUEL C. MCGEE, M.D., F.A.C.P., E. G. SCOTTBACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS: CLINICO-PATHOLOGIC STUDIES OF UNTREATED, TREATED AND CURED PATIENTS*HOWARD L. CORRELL, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH M. LUBITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P., M. C. F. LINDERT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis in a Young ChildRole of Dental Focal Infection in Etiology of DermatosisSubacute bacterial endocarditis of nonstreptococcic etiologyTHE TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS*EDWARD S. ORGAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES K. DONEGAN, M.D.Subacute bacterial endocarditisThe Effect of Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis on the Course of the Underlying Heart DiseasePENICILLIN TREATMENT OF SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITISThe treatment of subacute bacterial endocarditis with antibioticsThe Treatment of Nonhemolytic Streptococcus Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis with Penicillin 1 January 1945Volume 22, Issue 1Page: 61-74KeywordsChemotherapyDrugsEndocarditisHospitalsPenicillin ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...