Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Feb 3;70(4):692-695. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz497.
We report the cases of 3 patients with fatal, disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infections following cardiac surgeries. Progressive neurocognitive decline and death were explained by active granulomatous encephalitis, with widespread involvement of other organs. This syndrome is clinically elusive and, thus, may have caused deaths in prior reported series.
我们报告了 3 例心脏手术后发生致命性、播散性耻垢分枝杆菌感染的病例。进行性神经认知功能减退和死亡是由活动性肉芽肿性脑炎引起的，其他器官也广泛受累。这种综合征临床上难以捉摸，因此可能导致了之前报道的系列病例中的死亡。
