Wofsy D
Arthritis Rheum. 1980 May;23(5):605-7. doi: 10.1002/art.1780230513.
The capacity of bacterial endocarditis to mimic other systemic illnesses is well known. This report describes a patient with blood culture-negative bacterial endocarditis who presented with features suggestive of rheumatoid arthritis. Despite sterile synovial fluid, synovial biopsy culture resulted in identification of the causative organism and led to specific antibiotic therapy and cure. This is the first report of such a case.
细菌性心内膜炎模仿其他全身性疾病的能力是众所周知的。本报告描述了一名血培养阴性的细菌性心内膜炎患者，其表现出提示类风湿性关节炎的特征。尽管滑膜液无菌，但滑膜活检培养结果鉴定出了病原体，并导致了针对性的抗生素治疗及治愈。这是此类病例的首例报告。
