Endocarditis Due to Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Case Reports1 July 1943ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSAVICENTE MORAGUES, M.D., W. A. D. ANDERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.VICENTE MORAGUES, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, W. A. D. ANDERSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-1-146 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPseudomonas aeruginosa (B. pyocyaneus) is a common saprophyte of the skin and gastrointestinal tract.1 That it may also inhabit the urinary tract is suggested by its occasional isolation from the blood stream following urological operations.2, 3 Being potentially pathogenic, it may invade from any of its usual locations, and cause serious localized or widespread infection. In rare instances localization on a heart valve has resulted in rapidly fatal acute endocarditis. Review of the literature shows only two such cases reported in this country4, 5 and four in German medical literature.6, 7, 8, 9CASE REPORTD. K., a diabetic white...Bibliography1. FRAENKEL E: Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Menschenpathogenität des Bacillus Pyocyaneus, 1922, xcv, 125-134. Google Scholar2. HYMANEDELMAN AL: Medical and surgical aspects of hematogenous infections in urology, Jr. Urology, 1932, xxviii, 173-198. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SCOTT WW: Blood stream infections in urology, Jr. Urology, 1929, xxi, 527-566. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. THAYER WS: Studies on bacterial (infective) endocarditis, Johns Hopkins Hosp. Reports, 1926, xxii, 73-74. Google Scholar5. FISHHANDKEIM GWMMWF: Acute bacterial endocarditis due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa (B. pyocyaneus), Am. Jr. Path., 1937, xiii, 121-128. Google Scholar6. BLUM S: Ein Fall von Pyocyaneus-Septikämie mit komplizierender Pyocyaneus-Endocarditis im Kindesalter, Centralbl. f. Bakt., 1899, xxv, 113-116. Google Scholar7. DE LA CAMP : Zur Kenntnis der Pyocyaneussepsis, Charite Ann., 1903, xxviii, 92-111. Google Scholar8. ROLLY : Pyocyaneussepsis bei Erwachsenen, München. med. Wchnschr., 1906, liii, 1399-1404. Google Scholar9. BUNGELER W: Über Endocarditis maligna durch Bacillus pyocyaneus , Frankfurt. Ztschr. f. Path., 1927, xxxv, 428-435. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: St. Louis, Missouri*Received for publication June 13, 1941.From the Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byLeft-Sided Pseudomonas aeruginosa Endocarditis in Patients Without Injection Drug UsePseudomonas aeruginosa infective endocarditis presenting as bacterial meningitisPseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditisPseudomonas endocarditisBacterial Endocarditis Due to Pseudomonas AeruginosaKENNETH M. LLOYD II, M.D., JAMES N. GORDON, M.D.Erkrankungen des EndokardSubacute bacterial endocarditis of nonstreptococcic etiologyBacillus pyocyaneus infectionsAcute bacterial endocarditis in the aged 1 July 1943Volume 19, Issue 1Page: 146-154KeywordsBloodEndocarditisGastrointestinal infectionsHeartPathogensPseudomonas aeruginosaRiversSkin infectionsUrinary tract infectionsUrologic infections ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...