Namnyak S S, Bhat R P, Al-Jama A, Fathalla S E
J Clin Microbiol. 1987 Jul;25(7):1330-2. doi: 10.1128/jcm.25.7.1330-1332.1987.
The clinical and bacteriological findings in a case of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae are presented. The patient died despite adequate medical therapy. This appears to be the first report of endocarditis caused by this species in a prosthetic aortic valve.
本文报告了一例由白喉棒状杆菌引起的人工主动脉瓣心内膜炎的临床和细菌学 findings。尽管进行了充分的药物治疗,患者仍死亡。这似乎是该菌种引起的人工主动脉瓣心内膜炎的首例报告。