Liao Chung-Hsin, Teng Lee-Jene, Hsueh Po-Ren, Chen Yu-Chi, Huang Li-Min, Chang Shan-Chwen, Ho Shen-Wu
Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Feb 1;38(3):452-5. doi: 10.1086/381098. Epub 2004 Jan 9.
From January 1993 to December 2002, 28 patients with nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) infections were treated at a university hospital in Taiwan. Twelve (43%) of these patients had various underlying malignancies, and 7 (25%) had underlying valvular heart diseases. Nine patients (32%) had infective endocarditis, and 9 (32%) had primary bacteremia. The deaths of 7 patients (25%) were directly related to NVS infection. Among the 28 isolates recovered from these patients, 50% were not susceptible to penicillin, 33% were not susceptible to cefotaxime, and 93% were not susceptible to azithromycin.
1993年1月至2002年12月，台湾一所大学医院收治了28例营养变异型链球菌（NVS）感染患者。其中12例（43%）患者患有各种潜在恶性肿瘤，7例（25%）患有潜在瓣膜性心脏病。9例（32%）患者发生感染性心内膜炎，9例（32%）发生原发性菌血症。7例（25%）患者死亡与NVS感染直接相关。从这些患者中分离出的28株菌株中，50%对青霉素不敏感，33%对头孢噻肟不敏感，93%对阿奇霉素不敏感。
