title: [Infectious endocarditis caused by rare germs. Review of the literature apropos of 2 cases].
abstract: The authors report two new cases of endocarditis secondary to exceptionnally encountered germs: one to Pasteurella pneumotropica, the other ascribed to Leptospira ictero-haemorragiae, on serologic criteria. Concerning these two cases, they propose to take a census of rare germs, from a detailed study of the literature. Among more than 5,000 cases of endocarditis published after 1944, are considered as rare germs those causing a disease in less than one p. cent of the cases. This purely "mathematical" definition enable to include 45 germs. A synthesis of all the cases reported attempts to demonstrate a few particular traits of these endocardites secondary to rare germs.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007921:Leptospira interrogans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010326:Pasteurella Infections; D014895:Weil Disease
vernacular_title: Les endocardites infectieuses à germes rares. Revue de la littérature à propos de deux observations.