Akkus N I, Mina G S, Fereidoon S, Rajpal S
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport, 1501 Kings Highway, 71103, Shreveport, LA, USA.
Herz. 2014 May;39(3):349-51. doi: 10.1007/s00059-013-3810-6. Epub 2013 Jul 25.
Tattooing is becoming a popular practice and more commonly done. Although modern tattooing is considered a more hygienic and technological version of ancient methods, previously reported cases point out the risk of infection after tattooing due to use of nonsterile equipment or suboptimal infection-control practices. Infective endocarditis (IE) after tattooing has been reported only in 1 patient with bicuspid aortic valvular disease. Herein, we report a case of multivalvular IE secondary to tattooing in a patient without known prior valvular heart disease.
纹身正变得越来越流行，实施得也更为普遍。尽管现代纹身被认为是古代方法的更卫生且更具技术性的版本，但此前报道的病例指出，由于使用未消毒的设备或感染控制措施欠佳，纹身后存在感染风险。纹身后继发感染性心内膜炎（IE）仅在1例患有二叶式主动脉瓣疾病的患者中被报道过。在此，我们报告1例在无已知既往瓣膜性心脏病的患者中，纹身继发多瓣膜IE的病例。
