Fatima Benish, Sohail M Rizwan, Schaff Hartzell V
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2018 Oct 25;2(4):398-401. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2018.09.003. eCollection 2018 Dec.
Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection caused by . Cardiac manifestations are rare, occurring in 0.5% to 10% of patients. Lyme carditis and atrioventricular block are established manifestations of Lyme disease. Endocarditis caused by has been reported only twice previously, and in both cases, these were species ( and ) not present in North America. We report a unique case of mitral valve endocarditis caused by
莱姆病是一种由蜱传播的感染性疾病。心脏表现较为罕见,发生率为0.5%至10%的患者。莱姆心肌炎和房室传导阻滞是莱姆病的既定表现。先前仅有两次关于由……引起的心内膜炎的报道,且在这两例中,涉及的菌种(……和……)在北美并不存在。我们报告了一例由……引起的二尖瓣心内膜炎的独特病例