Vietor Faith I, Nelson Taylor B
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Missouri, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
IDCases. 2023 Jun 28;33:e01832. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01832. eCollection 2023.
While HACEK group organisms cause only 1-3% of infective endocarditis (IE) cases, their insidious and varied clinical presentations make for difficult and often delayed diagnoses. We present a 65-year-old male with persistent exertional dyspnea, hemoptysis, and weight loss who was diagnosed with a HACEK aortic graft infection and IE.
虽然嗜沫嗜血杆菌属(HACEK)菌群仅导致1%-3%的感染性心内膜炎(IE)病例,但其隐匿且多样的临床表现导致诊断困难且常常延误。我们报告一名65岁男性,有持续劳力性呼吸困难、咯血和体重减轻症状,被诊断为HACEK主动脉移植物感染和感染性心内膜炎。