Mehta Nehal Nikhilesh, Romanelli Jeanine, Sutton Martin Graham St John
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 9 Gates Pavilion, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA.
Eur J Echocardiogr. 2004 Mar;5(2):156-8. doi: 10.1016/j.euje.2003.09.001.
Cunninghamella bertholletiae is a rare Mucor species that is seldom the cause for endocarditis of prosthetic heart valves. It is even a more uncommon cause of endocarditis of native heart valves. We present a case of Cunninghamella endocarditis of a native aortic valve in an immuno-compromised patient, diagnosed from tissue culture obtained at the time of surgery. There have only been two other reported cases of native valve endocarditis with a Mucor species, and in those cases, the diagnoses were made post-mortem.
柏氏小克银汉霉是一种罕见的毛霉属菌种，很少引发人工心脏瓣膜心内膜炎。它甚至更不常引发天然心脏瓣膜心内膜炎。我们报告一例免疫功能低下患者的天然主动脉瓣柏氏小克银汉霉心内膜炎病例，该病例通过手术时获取的组织培养确诊。此前仅有另外两例关于毛霉属菌种引发天然瓣膜心内膜炎的报道病例，且在那些病例中，诊断是在尸检后做出的。
