Subacute bacterial endocarditis in pregnancy
| Autor: | William G. Terwilliger |
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| Rok vydání: | 1934 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Pregnancy medicine.diagnostic_test Exacerbation Streptococcus business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology Physiology medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Agar plate medicine.anatomical_structure Cord blood medicine Subacute bacterial endocarditis Blood culture business Cervix |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 27:248-252 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9378 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0002-9378(34)90969-8 |
| Popis: | In reviewing the above case history, one is impressed by the fact that the culture from the cervix was reported positive for Streptococcus viridans . The cervix was bleeding, the swab contained mostly blood, so that this was really a blood culture. The uterine culture, taken four days postpartum, showed aerobic nonhemolytic streptococcus, but this did not cause greening blood agar plates and was not Streptococcus viridans . Moreover, the cord blood and placental blood were both negative. Following delivery, there was never any exacerbation of symptoms, and a blood culture eight days postpartum showed 200 colonies of Streptococcus viridans per cubic centimeter. Such findings strongly suggest that the bacteriology in subacute bacterial endocarditis is quite different from the organisms that usually inhabit the pelvic organs. This is also borne out by the clinical course of this patient. |
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