Bacterial Endocarditis: Clinico-Pathologic Studies of Untreated, Treated and Cured Patients

Article1 July 1951BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS: CLINICO-PATHOLOGIC STUDIES OF UNTREATED, TREATED AND CURED PATIENTSHOWARD 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.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.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-1-45 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe development of effective treatment for bacterial endocarditis1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 has altered certain clinical and pathologic features of the disease which have received only cursory study. Pathologic data such as the mode of disability and death assumed great significance with the advent of effective therapy, not only in relation to cure but to the future health and longevity of the patient.To correlate the changes in clinical and pathologic findings of untreated and treated cases, to study the effects of the disease and its healing on the...Bibliography1. WhiteMathewsEvans PDMWE: Notes on treatment of subacute bacterial endocarditis encountered in 88 cases at Massachusetts General Hospital during six-year period 1939-1944, Ann. Int. Med. 22: 61-74, 1945. LinkGoogle Scholar2. DawsonHunter MHTH: The treatment of subacute bacterial endocarditis with penicillin, J. A. M. A. 127: 129-137, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. FlippinMaycockMurphyWolferth HFRLFDCC: Penicillin in subacute bacterial endocarditis, J. A. M. A. 129: 841-843, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. BloomfieldHalpern ALRM: Penicillin treatment of subacute bacterial endocarditis; some problems, J. A. M. 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Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Sponsored by the Veterans Administration and published with the approval of the Chief Medical Director. The statements and conclusions published by the authors are a result of their own study and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or policy of the Veterans Administration. 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