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I. SULFANILAMIDE

ROBERT S. PRESSMAN, M.D.; I. B. BENDER, D.D.S.

Arch Intern Med. 1944;74(5):346-353.

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Bacteremia has long been known to follow almost all surgical procedures, from curettage of the uterus¹ and operations on the urethra² to abdominal operations such as simple appendectomy.³ In 1932 Richards⁴ reported the occurrence of bacteremia following irritation of foci of infection, such as joints, tonsils, prostates, furuncles and gums. Bacteremia following extraction of teeth has been reported by numerous investigators.⁵ It remained for Okell and Elliott^5a to demonstrate that bacteremia follows extraction of teeth more frequently than had hitherto been realized. Of cultures of blood taken immediately after dental extraction in 138 cases, 60.9 per cent revealed bacteria. In 1939 Elliott,^5f using an improved technic and selected patients, was able to obtain positive results from 86 per cent of cultures in 21 cases.

One of the more unusual features in the work of Okell and Elliott^5a was that of 110 persons undergoing extraction 10.9 per cent were . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
Aided by a grant from the Jewish Hospital Research Fund.

This paper is abstracted from a thesis submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania toward the requirements for the degree of Master of Medical Science (M.Sc.Med.) for graduate work in Internal Medicine.

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