Rheumatic Heart Disease *Being an address delivered before the Calcutta Medical Club on the 3rd September, 1940.

Medical Research in India *Being an address read at the Rotary Club, Calcutta, on the 3rd December, 1935.

A case of acute rheumatic fever with new criteria, a disease that needs to be considered

Introduction: Acute rheumatic fever is an autoimmune disease that mainly affects the large joints. Early treatment of a throat infection following group A streptococcus prevents of acute rheumatic fever. Given the low prevalence of the disease, especially in a situation where there is excessive use of antibiotics in Iran, this study intends to report a patient with Acute rheumatic fever with mi...

INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS: A lO-YEAR STUDY IN SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS

The medical records of all patients discharged with the diagnosis of "infective endocarditis", "subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE)," "acute bacterial endocarditis (ABE)," and "bacterial endocarditis" from March 1977, to February 1987, were reviewed. 84 cases fulfilled the criteria of endocarditis. Sixty-one percent were male and the mean age was 25.7 years. 57% were culture-negative and ...

INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS IN CHILDREN

A total of 14 cases of infective endocarditis (IE) in children aged 6 months to 10 years were seen from December 1987 to December 1992 at the pediatric unit of Ayatollah Taleghani Medical Center. The majority of patients (12 of 14) were between 5 and 10 years of age. Acyanotic congenital heart disease was known to preexist in 78.6% and rheumatic valvular heart disease in 21.4% of cases. Or...

Aortic Stenosis *Being an elaboration of a paper read at the Calcutta Medical College Reunion, 1939.