Abstract
But few cases of definite subacute bacterial endocarditis associated with brain abscess have been reported. Zolotowa 1 recently described a case with purulent meningo-encephalitis. Kimmelsteil, 2 in an excellent article on the subject, reports several cases with brain abscesses of very minute or microscopic size. Nathan 3 reports a case with microscopic brain abscesses. Winkelman and Eckel 4 cite a case with multiple small brain abscesses. Nadler and Herndon 5 report a case with a pea-sized purulent area in the internal capsule. Gilmore 6 observed a case with two brain abscesses, each about one-half inch in diameter. 7 Dr. Emanuel Libman, who has seen probably more cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis than any one else in America, advises us that he has never observed a case with a brain abscess. 8 Because of the rarity of the occurrence of brain abscess in subacute bacterial endocarditis, and because in most cases
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