Heart Institute (InCor.HC.FMUSP), Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Heart Lung. 2010 Jul-Aug;39(4):331-4. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2009.06.018. Epub 2009 Aug 25.
The incidence of Streptococcus agalactiae is widely recognized as increasing in nonpregnant adults. This report describes a retrospective case series of S. agalactiae endocarditis at the Heart Institute of Sao Paulo, Brazil, between 2000 and 2006. Early diagnosis and valve surgery seem to have contributed to improved patient outcomes.
人们普遍认识到无妊娠的成年人中酿脓链球菌的发病率正在上升。本报告描述了巴西圣保罗心脏研究所 2000 年至 2006 年间酿脓链球菌心内膜炎的回顾性病例系列。早期诊断和瓣膜手术似乎改善了患者的预后。