Bacteremia Due to the Gravis Type of Corynebacterium Diphtheriae

Chi-Wu, Wang; T'ung, T.

doi:10.1001/archpedi.1936.04140040129013

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Discussion1

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

2005

Publication Types

Select...

Article1

Relationship

Self Cite0

Independent1

Authors

Journals

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Similar cases of sudden deterioration leading to death of the patient have been reported by Davidson et al, 3 Van der Horst et al, 5 Sutherland and Willis, 13 and Chi-Wu and Ts'un. 14 However, in recent years, similar deterioration has been treated surgically with survival as reported by Holthouse et al, 2 Booth et al, 6 and Belco et al 8…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 53%

Corynebacterium DiphtheriaeEndocarditis - Surgery for Some but Not All!

Mishra

Dignan

Hughes

et al. 2005

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Corynebacterium diphtheriae endocarditis was thought to be a rare disease. We reviewed our experience in four cases of this disease treated over a period of 10 years. Seventy cases reported in literature were reviewed. The outcome is good if cases are carefully selected for medical or surgical treatment. We conclude that infective endocarditis due to C. diphtheriae, is perhaps more common than expected. It may be recognized more frequently and on occasion may be an aggressive disease. Those patients with an abnormal valve (including prosthetic valves) should be subjected to surgery at the earliest available opportunity, whereas patients with normal valves may be carefully watched during the course of medical treatment as long as immediate surgery can occur if needed.

show abstract