Complication Of Bacterial Endocarditis Research Articles

Neurologic complications of bacterial endocarditis.

Significant neurologic manifestations occur in about one-fourth to one-third of patients with subacute bacterial endocarditis; however, the exact incidence is not known. Almost none of the neurologic manifestations are typical of the disease. For the most part they could be evidence of other processes. The clues to the presence of bacterial endocarditis come from the complete clinical-laboratory picture. Exceptions are changes in the fundus oculi, seen in about one of five patients.

“Patch embolization” following repair of ventricular septal defect: A complication of bacterial endocarditis

An aortic aneurysm after bacterial endocarditis was discovered 1 year after patch repair of a ventricular septal defect. The aneurysm was removed and successfully replaced with a Dacron ® graft. The Teflon ® patch utilized for repair of the ventricular septal defect was contained within the aneurysmal sac. A review of the literature revealed no earlier cases of bacterial endocarditis after patch repair of ventricular septal defect in which the patient survived the disease, nor has “patch embolization” been previously described. It is suggested that re-exploration be strongly considered if documented infective endocarditis occurs in the postoperative period when prosthetic material has been utilized for closure of a septal defect.

Subacute bacterial endocarditis presenting as a subarachnoid hemorrhage: report of a case with recovery.

Case Reports1 December 1951SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS PRESENTING AS A SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE: REPORT OF A CASE WITH RECOVERYROBERT L. WHIPPLE JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.ROBERT L. WHIPPLE JR., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-35-6-1351 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe frequent occurrence of mycotic aneurysms developing in the cerebral arteries as a complication of subacute bacterial endocarditis is stressed by medical authorities.1, 2, 3, 4The paucity of reports in the recent medical literature5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11is striking, and suggests either that it is not as common as stressed or that its very frequency has deterred recent publications. Owing to the rarity of published cases, as pointed out by Starrs,7who published apparently the first report of subacute bacterial endocarditis presenting as subarachnoid hemorrhage with complete recovery, the history of a similar but earlier and...Bibliography1. Moore RA: A textbook of pathology, 1st Ed., 1944, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, pp. 950-954. Google Scholar2. Boyd W: Pathology of internal diseases, 2nd Ed., 1941, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, pp. 42-124. Google Scholar3. Alpers BJ: Tice's Practice of medicine, vol. 10, W. F. Prior Co., Hagerstown, Md., pp. 93-109a. Google Scholar4. Savitsky N: Nelson's New loose leaf medicine, vol. 4, Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York, p. 329. Google Scholar5. Stein M: A subacute bacterial endocarditis presenting as a subarachnoid hemorrhage, South Africa M. J. 17: 215, 1944. Google Scholar6. DassenFongi REG: Septic endocarditis lenta, Rochon-Duvigneaud syndrome (cranial paralysis) and subarachnoid hemorrhage in patient with total situs inversus, Rev. Asoc. méd. argent. 52: 845-49, 1938. Google Scholar7. Starrs RA: Subacute bacterial endocarditis presenting as a subarachnoid hemorrhage (report of a case—with recovery), Ann. Int. Med. 31: 139, 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar8. Mallory TB: Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Case 33122, New England J. Med. 235: 445-449, 1947. Google Scholar9. PaulBlandWhite OEFPD: Bacterial endocarditis, New England J. Med. 237: 349-354, 1947. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. LauferSmith STRP: Mycotic aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery as a complication of subacute bacterial endocarditis, Canad. M. A. J. 50: 332, 1944. MedlineGoogle Scholar11. KochNazum VWTO: Mycotic aneurysm; report of one case, Ann. Int. Med. 14: 522, 1940. LinkGoogle Scholar12. MiddletonBurke WSM: Streptococcus viridans endocarditis lenta, Am. J. M. Sc. 198: 301, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Atlanta, Georgia*Read before the Georgia Heart Association meeting, Macon, Georgia, September 16, 1949.Received for publication December 19, 1949.From the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, and the Medical Services, Grady Memorial Hospital and Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe diagnosis and treatment of cerebral mycotic aneurysmsBacterial intracranial aneurysmEndokarditis und SubarachnoidalblutungNervous system complications in bacterial endocarditisErkrankungen des EndokardNichtrheumatische EndokarditisEmbolic mycotic aneurysms, a complication of bacterial endocarditis 1 December 1951Volume 35, Issue 6Page: 1351-1358KeywordsAneurysmsCerebral arteriesEndocarditisHeartHospital medicineMedical servicesSubarachnoid hemorrhage ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...

Aneurysm of external iliac artery and gangrene of leg as complications of bacterial endocarditis

Aneurysm of external iliac artery and gangrene of leg as complications of bacterial endocarditis