Santhanam Haripriya, Nguyen Minh H N, Muthukumarasamy Nirmal, Mehta Aditya, Francisco Michael T, Fountain Robin R, Helmstetter Nicholas J
Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, 1000 Oakland Dr, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA.
Department of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, 1000 Oakland Dr, Kalamazoo, MI 49008, USA.
IDCases. 2021 Oct 11;26:e01306. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01306. eCollection 2021.
species are Gram-negative bacilli and fastidious bacteria that can cause a number of clinical syndromes, including blood culture-negative infective endocarditis (IE). The two most commonly isolated species in humans are the agent of trench fever, and mostly known for causing cat scratch disease (Edouard et al., 2015 [1]; Edouard and Raoult, 2010 [2]). Both species also cause bacillary angiomatosis, primarily in immunocompromised patients (Edouard et al., 2015 [1]; Fournier et al., 2001 [3]). The risk of IE is increased in patients with cardiac valvular disease and congenital heart disease (CHD) (Edouard and Raoult, 2010 [2]; Das et al., 2009 [4]; Abandeh et al., 2012 [5]; Ouellette et al., 2016 [6]; Hoffman et al., 2007 [7]; Georgievskaya et al., 2014 [8]). In this article, we detail two cases of IE in patients with right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery (RV-PA) conduits who presented to our institution. We also perform a literature review on IE in patients with a history of RV-PA conduit or pulmonary valve replacement.
该菌属革兰氏阴性杆菌，为苛求菌，可引发多种临床综合征，包括血培养阴性感染性心内膜炎（IE）。在人类中最常分离出的两种菌是战壕热病原体，主要因引起猫抓病而为人所知（爱德华等人，2015年[1]；爱德华和拉乌尔，2010年[2]）。这两种菌还会引发杆菌性血管瘤病，主要发生在免疫功能低下的患者中（爱德华等人，2015年[1]；富尼耶等人，2001年[3]）。心脏瓣膜病和先天性心脏病（CHD）患者发生IE的风险会增加（爱德华和拉乌尔，2010年[2]；达斯等人，2009年[4]；阿班德等人，2012年[5]；乌埃莱特等人，2016年[6]；霍夫曼等人，2007年[7]；格奥尔吉耶夫斯卡娅等人，2014年[8]）。在本文中，我们详细介绍了两名因右心室至肺动脉（RV-PA）导管而前来我院就诊的IE患者的病例。我们还对有RV-PA导管或肺动脉瓣置换史的患者的IE进行了文献综述。
