Fainstein V, Luna M A, Bodey G P
Cancer. 1981 Jul 1;48(1):40-2. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19810701)48:1<40::aid-cncr2820480110>3.0.co;2-t.
A patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia in relapse and bacterial endocarditis due to Eikenella corrodens is described. After appropriate treatment was instituted, blood cultures became negative, but the patient died of intracerebral hemorrhage secondary to thrombocytopenia. The role of Eikenella corrodens as a pathogenic bacterium in immunocompromised hosts is described.
本文描述了一名急性淋巴细胞白血病复发且患有因腐蚀艾肯菌引起的细菌性心内膜炎的患者。在采取适当治疗后,血培养结果转为阴性,但患者死于血小板减少继发的脑出血。文中描述了腐蚀艾肯菌作为一种病原菌在免疫功能低下宿主中的作用。