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CHANGING PATTERNS OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS IN NORWAY
Author(s) -
Capoferro Renato
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1970.tb02131.x
Subject(s) - norwegian , rheumatism , bacterial endocarditis , endocarditis , incidence (geometry) , autopsy , medicine , philosophy , linguistics , physics , optics
An analysis is made of the patterns of bacterial endocarditis in a Norwegian autopsy material from the period 1939–67. This material is compared with that of Harbitz from 1894–97. The main findings include a decreased frequency, an increased average age, a greater variety of aetiologic agents, a lesser importance of rheumatism as predisposing factor, and a very high incidence of embolic phenomena.