El-Hazmi Malak M
College of Medicine and King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2015 Aug 29;9(8):905-9. doi: 10.3855/jidc.5976.
In developed countries, Corynebacterium diphtheriae infection is rare due to efficient immunization programs. However, cases of nontoxigenic strains of C. diphtheriae infections, including endocarditis, have been reported recently. Although the incidence remains low, these infections are associated with high morbidity and mortality. This report describes the first and atypical case of bacteremia and endocarditis caused by nontoxigenic C. diphtheriae var. gravis after introduction of immunization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
在发达国家，由于有效的免疫计划，白喉棒状杆菌感染很少见。然而，最近有报道称出现了非产毒白喉棒状杆菌感染病例，包括心内膜炎。尽管发病率仍然很低，但这些感染与高发病率和死亡率相关。本报告描述了沙特阿拉伯王国（KSA）引入免疫接种后首例由非产毒重型白喉棒状杆菌引起的菌血症和心内膜炎非典型病例。
