Streptomycin Treatment of Bacterial Endocarditis

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Abstract
A CASE of bacterial endocarditis due to a gram-negative organism belonging to the genus Hemophilus is reported for two reasons: it is one of the early reported recoveries following treatment with streptomycin — perhaps the first patient of this kind to recover without any other therapy; and recovery followed a shorter course of treatment than would ordinarily be planned.Case ReportS. K., a 9-year-old girl, entered the House of the Good Samaritan on June 28, 1946, complaining of fever of about 3 months' duration. Her birth and early development were thought to have been normal. At 4 years. of . . .