STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS AS A CAUSE OF SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS: REPORT OF A CASE TREATED WITH PENICILLIN

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Case Reports1 September 1945STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS AS A CAUSE OF SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS: REPORT OF A CASE TREATED WITH PENICILLINWALSH MCDERMOTT, M. M. LEASK, M. BENOITWALSH MCDERMOTTSearch for more papers by this author, M. M. LEASKSearch for more papers by this author, M. BENOITSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-23-3-414 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHuman infections with theStreptobacillus moniliformishave occurred either following a rat bite,1or as epidemics of so-called Haverhill fever, presumably due to infected milk.2Regardless of source, the clinical picture resulting from infections with this organism is one of an acute infection with abrupt onset, and characterized by chills, relapsing fever, generalized rash and involvement of joints.3In the epidemic form, which is generally milder, there have been no deaths, and hence no autopsy material for study has been available.4Deaths have occurred from the infection acquired through rat-bite, and a few postmortem examinations are available.1, 4, 5, 6...Bibliography1. BLAKE FG: The etiology of rat-bite fever, Jr. Exper. Med., 1916, xxiii, 39-60. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. PLACESUTTON ELE: Erythema arthriticum epidemicum (Haverhill fever), Arch. Int. Med., 1934, liv, 659-684. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. BROWNNUNEMAKER TMJC: Rat-bite fever: A review of the American cases with reëvaluation of etiology; report of cases, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1942, lxx, 201-327. Google Scholar4. BLAKEHORSTMANNARNOLD FGDMH: A fatal case of rat-bite fever due to Streptobacillus moniliformis , Yale Jr. Biol. and Med., 1944, xvi, 589. Google Scholar5. ROUNTREEROHAN PMM: A fatal human infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis , Med. Jr. Australia, 1941, i, 359-361. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. TUNNICLIFFMEYER RKM: A case of rat-bite fever, Jr. Infect. Dis., 1918, xxiii, 555-558. Google Scholar7. STUART-HARRISWELLSROSHERMACKIEWILSON CHAGABFPGS: Four cases of infective endocarditis due to organisms similar to Haemophilus parainfluenzae, and one case due to a pleomorphic streptobacillus, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1935, xli, 407-421. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SCHOTTMÜLLER H: Zur Ätiologie und Klinik der Bisskrankheit, Dermat. Wchnschr. (supp.), 1914, lviii, 77-103. Google Scholar9. KLIENEBERGER E: The natural occurrence of pleuropneumonia-like organisms in apparent symbiosis with Streptobacillus moniliformis and other bacteria, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1935, xl, 93-105. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. HEILMAN FR: Chemotherapy in experimental infections caused by Streptobacillus moniliformis , Science, 1940, xxi, 366-367. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. DICKTUNNICLIFF GFR: A streptothrix isolated from the blood of a patient bitten by a weasel (Streptothrix putorii), Jr. Infect. Dis., 1918, xxiii, 183-187. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. SCHARLESSEASTONE FHCF: Haverhill fever following rat-bite, New England Jr. Med., 1934, ccxi, 711-714. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. HEILMANHERRELL FRWE: Penicillin in the treatment of experimental infections with Spirillum minus and Streptobacillus moniliformis (rat-bite fever), Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1944, xix, 257. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication September 9, 1944.From the Department of Medicine, New York Hospital, and Cornell University Medical College.The sodium salt of penicillin used in the treatment of this patient was obtained from Dr. Chester S. Keefer, Chairman of the Committee on Chemotherapeutics and Other Agents, of the National Research Council. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA case of rat-bite feverClinical microbiological, and histological manifestations of Streptobacillus moniliformis-induced arthritis in miceInfective endocarditis caused by gram-negative bacteria: A review of the literature, 1945–1977Health Hazards for ManHyperthermia, Fever and Infectious DiseasesBacterial endocarditis due to CorynebacteriumErkrankungen des EndokardACTINOMYCES MURIS ENDOCARDITIS TREATED WITH CHLORAMPHENICOLSubacute bacterial endocarditis of nonstreptococcic etiology 1 September 1945Volume 23, Issue 3Page: 414-423KeywordsAutopsyChemotherapeutic agentsHospital medicinePatientsPenicillinRashesRelapsing feverSaltsSodiumStreptococcal infections ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...