Edmond J J, Eykyn S J, Smith L D
Department of Cardiology, Level 5, Green Lane Hospital, Green Lane West, Auckland, New Zealand.
Heart. 2001 Dec;86(6):E17. doi: 10.1136/heart.86.6.e17.
Right sided endocarditis usually involves the tricuspid valve, predominantly in intravenous drug users. It is also occasionally acquired in hospital as a result of contaminated intravascular devices. Isolated infection of the pulmonary valve is rarely seen. A case of community acquired Staphylococcus aureus pulmonary valve endocarditis that caused diagnostic confusion is reported. This infection occurred in a patient with no history of intravenous drug abuse and a previously structurally normal heart.
右侧心内膜炎通常累及三尖瓣，主要发生在静脉吸毒者中。它偶尔也会在医院因血管内装置污染而获得。单纯的肺动脉瓣感染很少见。本文报告一例社区获得性金黄色葡萄球菌肺动脉瓣心内膜炎病例，该病例导致了诊断上的困惑。这种感染发生在一名无静脉药物滥用史且心脏结构先前正常的患者身上。
