Rudniki C, Elian I, Katz M, Salman H, Zahavi I
Department of Medicine C, Hasharon Hospital, Petah-Tiqva, Israel.
Jpn Heart J. 1991 May;32(3):413-8. doi: 10.1536/ihj.32.413.
Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE) is the leading pathogen of prosthetic valve endocarditis. At the same time it is a very rare cause of native valve endocarditis and it follows a clinical course and outcome similar to Streptococcal viridans endocarditis. We report here the case of a 41-year-old man with a community acquired SE endocarditis of a native aortic valve. Despite early surgical intervention, the case followed an acute and fatal course.
表皮葡萄球菌（SE）是人工瓣膜心内膜炎的主要致病菌。同时，它是天然瓣膜心内膜炎非常罕见的病因，其临床病程和结局与草绿色链球菌心内膜炎相似。我们在此报告一例41岁男性社区获得性天然主动脉瓣SE心内膜炎病例。尽管早期进行了手术干预，该病例仍呈急性且致命的病程。
