Division of Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11219, USA.
Am J Med Sci. 2012 Apr;343(4):328-9. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318245cc21.
A 27-year-old man was diagnosed with infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus agalactiae. Large vegetations were seen on the anterior mitral valve leaflet and also on the right ventricular side of a membranous ventricular septal defect. Streptococcus agalactiae is a rare cause of endocarditis, and it is very rare to find large vegetations around ventricular septal defect. The authors present this interesting case of unusual endocarditis with vegetations in both the right and left heart. This case is the first reported case of infective endocarditis involving the left and the right sides of the heart at the same time in a nonintravenous drug user.
一位 27 岁男性患者被诊断为感染性心内膜炎,病因是无乳链球菌。前二尖瓣叶和膜部室间隔缺损的右心室侧均可见大的赘生物。无乳链球菌是心内膜炎的罕见病因,在心间隔缺损周围发现大的赘生物非常罕见。作者报告了这例有趣的、同时累及左右心的心内膜炎伴赘生物的病例。这是首例报告的无静脉吸毒史的患者同时发生累及左右心的心内膜炎的病例。