Daniëls C, Schoors D, Van Camp G
Brussels, Belgium.
Eur J Echocardiogr. 2003 Mar;4(1):68-70. doi: 10.1053/euje.2002.0176.
Infective endocarditis remains a pathology with a high rate of complications and mortality. One of the most dramatic complications is abscess formation. A rare evolution of abscess formation is the development of fistula. We describe an 88-year-old woman with an aortic root abscess and aorta-to-left atrial fistula. To our knowledge this has only been described with streptococcus species as causative micro-organism. In this case the abscess was caused by Corynebacterium amycolatum, which is an infrequently found micro-organism.
感染性心内膜炎仍然是一种并发症和死亡率很高的疾病。最严重的并发症之一是脓肿形成。脓肿形成的一种罕见演变是瘘管的发展。我们描述了一位88岁患有主动脉根部脓肿和主动脉至左心房瘘管的女性。据我们所知，此前仅报道过由链球菌属作为致病微生物导致的此类情况。在本例中，脓肿是由少动棒状杆菌引起的，这是一种罕见的微生物。
