title: [Bacterial heart diseases in childhood. An overview of diseases 1971-1987].
abstract: The authors give a review of patients with bacterial cardiac disease treated in the Paediatric Clinic of Karl-Marx-University Leipzig between 1971 and 1987. During this period 32 patients were observed, which amounts to about 2 to 3 patients per year. The majority of patients had congenital heart disease. Despite antibiotic therapy the prognosis of this infection is still serious: One third of the patients died, and diagnosis is made with considerable delay in some cases. Problems and diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Kardiologischen Abteilung, Bereiches Medizin der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Meister
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Handrick
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Spencker
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Bakterielle Herzerkrankungen im Kindesalter. Eine Ubersicht der Erkrankungen von 1971-1987.