Davidson S, Rotem Y, Bogkowski B, Rubinstein E
Am J Med Sci. 1976 May-Jun;271(3):351-3. doi: 10.1097/00000441-197605000-00011.
Two patients with Corynebacterium diphtheriae endocarditis have been observed in the past ten years. Both cases occurred sporadically. In one case toxigenic C. diphtheriae caused endocarditis in an immunized child with congenital heart disease. The second patient developed rapidly progressive valve destruction caused by a nontoxigenic strain of C. diphtheriae. These cases illustrate that C. diphtheriae may produce endocarditis in addition to its previously described diseases spectrum.
在过去十年中，观察到两例白喉棒状杆菌心内膜炎患者。两例均为散发病例。其中一例，产毒素的白喉棒状杆菌在一名患有先天性心脏病的免疫儿童中引起了心内膜炎。第二例患者因非产毒素的白喉棒状杆菌菌株导致瓣膜迅速进行性破坏。这些病例表明，白喉棒状杆菌除了其先前描述的疾病谱外，还可能引发心内膜炎。
