This paper describes a case of a 44-year-old male patient previously healthy admitted with an unusual spontaneous acute bacterial pericarditis associated with coronary sinus mass. Two-dimensional echocardiography showed large loculated pericardial effusion with signs of diastolic restriction and an image suggesting vegetation in topography of the right atrium coronary sinus. Pericardial drainag...

Yuya ABE Katsunori OKAJIMA Study on installation requirements about display on electronic in-car mirror and improvement of depth feel. In recent years, electronic in-car mirrors are paid attention to by automobile industry. It has a lot of benefit in safety, but on the other hand it has some problems. This study aims to clarify visibility of display on electronic rear-view mirrors and to improv...

acute bacterial meningitis (abm) is one of the most severe infectious diseases, causing neurologic sequel, and a case fatality rate of 20-30%. the aim of this paper was to summarize the main causes of abm in iran. we searched the data for relevant articles using meningitis, etiology, and iran as search terms. we found 23 papers for inclusion in the review that focused specifically on the abm, a...

Fourteen episodes of subacute bacterial endocarditis in 11 children were successfully treated with antibiotics, which in 13 cases were given largely by mouth. It is suggested that oral treatment of bacterial endocarditis should be considered for children who are only moderately but not severely ill, and who have sensitive organisms.

IN the autumn of 1944 a small committee was formed in Belfast to investigate the clinical applications of penicillin, and for various research projects special supplies of penicillin were received from the Medical Research Council of Great Britain. In February, 1945, the committee agreed to accept responsibility in Northern Ireland for a thorough clinical trial of penicillin in subacute bacteri...

ABBOTT, M. E. Atlas of Congenital Cardiac Disease, New York, 1936. BROWN, J. W.: Congenital Heart Disease, London, 1939. GRANT, R. T.; WOOD, J. E., JUN.; and JONES, T. D.: "Heart-Valve Irregularities in Relation to Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis," Heart, 14, 247, 1928. OKELL, C. C., and ELLIOTT, S. D. : "Bacterieemia and Oral Sepsis, with special reference to wtiology of Subacute Endocarditis,...

It is widely believed that subacute bacterial endocarditis and atrial fibrillation are very rarely found in the same patient. The older reports emphasize this point (Horder, I926; Libman and Friedberg, I94I), and even attach diagnostic significance to it. In view of the changes that have occurred in the picture of endocarditis in the past two to three decades (Anderson and Staffiurth, i955; Hug...

TDC: Tunneled Dialysis Catheter; GWE: Guidewire-Directed Exchange; MSSA: Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus; MRSA: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus; CNS: Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus; VREF: VancomycinResistant Enterococcus Faecalis; ABE: Acute Bacterial Endocarditis; PE: Pulmonary Embolism; DVT: Deep Vein Thrombophlebitis (Central Vein); CNS: Central Nervous System; CNI...