Castro Cabezas M, Cramer M J, de Jongh B M, de Maat C E
Department of Internal Medicine, St. Antonius Hospital, Koekoekslaan, Netherlands.
Neth J Med. 1996 Jan;48(1):15-7. doi: 10.1016/0300-2977(95)00046-1.
Patients with prosthetic cardiac valves have an increased risk of developing bacterial endocarditis. The causative micro-organism in bacterial endocarditis may be a guide to the portal of entry. In this case report, we describe a patient with a prosthetic cardiac valve who suffered from recurrent endocarditis with different micro-organisms from the gastrointestinal tract.
人工心脏瓣膜患者发生细菌性心内膜炎的风险增加。细菌性心内膜炎的致病微生物可能提示感染的入口。在本病例报告中,我们描述了一名人工心脏瓣膜患者,该患者反复发生心内膜炎,感染的微生物来自胃肠道且各不相同。