Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis

Brucella Abortus Endocarditis

“…In the latter the M/F ratio is only 3:22 (Blumer, 1923), whereas all the recorded cases of the former have been in males. The nature of the patient's occupation is not in itself a sufficient explanation of this fact, since female farmworkers drink the same milk and are also prone to uncomplicated brucellosis.…”

Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis With Onset as Optic Neuritis

“…As embolism is the essential feature of the symptomatology of subacute bacterial endocarditis and as death from cerebral embolism occurs in 23 per cent (Blumer, 1923), it is surprising that bizarre neurological and psychiatric complications are not more common. Kernohan et al (1939) report that in every case of subacute bacterial endocarditis in which they examined the brain microscopically, widespread reactions associated with occluded arterioles or capillaries were found.…”

Myocardial Lesions in Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis

“…Blumer 2 in 1923 stated that the relatively slight involvement of the myocardium is a special peculiarity of subacute bacterial endocarditis. In I50 autopsies he reported, conditions of the myocardium were mentioned only thirty times.…”

“…This seemed the more worth while in view of the discrepancy of opinions as to myocardial changes in subacute bacterial endocarditis. While Blumer 2 and others stated that the myocardium in subacute bacterial endocarditis is only rarely involved Clawson,3'4 Libman,5'6'7 and others emphasized the frequent occurrence of myocardial lesions.…”