Efficacy and stability of two chlorine-containing antiseptics.

Dakin's solution and a chloroxydizer in a hypertonic sodium chloride solution were tested for bacteriological and clinical effectiveness and stability. No real difference in effectiveness was observed between the two products; however, only the chloroxydizer showed satisfactory stability at 150 days under the test storage conditions.

Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis manifesting as bacterial meningitis.

Cardiobacterium hominis is a rare cause of endocarditis, and infection caused by this organism has not been described outside the vascular system. A patient with a congenital bicuspid aortic valve was initially seen with C hominis bacterial meningitis. Septic emboli from an underlying endocarditis were probably the source of the infection.