PENICILLIN AS A BLOOD COAGULANT

1947; American Medical Association; Volume: 133; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1947.02880110066022

ISSN

2376-8118

Autores

Mort D. Pelz,

Tópico(s)

Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

Resumo

To the Editor:— Supplementing my letter of January 24 regarding the effectiveness of penicillin as a blood coagulant, today I found inThe JournalFebruary 1, page 354, under Current Medical Literature, the review of an article published in the Giornale di Medicina , Palermo: "Fradà directs attention to the frequency of embolism of the large blood vessels occurring in the course of penicillin therapy in acute and subacute endocarditis.... The author believes that penicillin increases coagulability of the blood."

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