This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

JOSHUA F. ZENDEL, M.D.; ALFRED LUBART, M.D.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1952;90(4):562-568.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

THE ADVENT of antibiotic therapy has brought about a dramatic improvement in the recovery rate from subacute bacterial endocarditis. At present, according to reports in the literature, the outlook for cure in patients treated with adequate penicillin schedules varies from 80 to 95%. These reports contrast sharply with a spontaneous recovery rate of 1% and the recovery rate of 5% attributable to sulfonamide therapy reported in the series collected by Lichtman.¹ Friedberg,² however, pointed out that the actual clinical recovery rate in his series was only about 70%, which was much lower than the bacteriological cure rates being reported. He attributed this difference in results to a variety of reasons, the most important of which were failure to isolate the organism, improper diagnosis with consequent delay in proper treatment, and inadequate treatment schedules. The most favorable results, according to Bloomfield,³ are obtained in fairly young persons with . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Second Medical Division, Morrisania City Hospital.; Dr. Zendel is Visiting Physician, and Dr. Lubart is Resident in Medicine, Morrisania City Hospital.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?