UNSUSPECTED RHEUMATIC HEART UNDERLYING GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCAL ENDOCARDITIS AT THE AGE OF 20 MONTHS

被引:4
作者
MORAL, L
MAJO, J
RUBIO, EM
RUIZ, C
CASALDALIGA, J
机构
[1] HOSP MATERNO INFANTIL VALLE HEBRON,SERV PEDIAT,PASEO VALLE HEBRON 119-129,E-08035 BARCELONA,SPAIN
[2] CIUDAD SANITARIA SEGURIDAD SOCIAL VALLE HEBRON,SERV ANAT PATOL,E-08035 BARCELONA,SPAIN
[3] HOSP MATERNO INFANTIL VALLE HEBRON,UNIDAD CARDIOL PEDIAT,E-08035 BARCELONA,SPAIN
关键词
RHEUMATIC CARDITIS; GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCAL ENDOCARDITIS; SINUS OF VALSALVA ANEURYSM; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHILD;
D O I
10.1007/BF01959082
中图分类号
R72 [儿科学];
学科分类号
100202 ;
摘要
The case is reported of a 20-month-old girl admitted to our centre for group B streptococcal endocarditis who died of complete atrioventricular block after a week of treatment. There was no history pointing to the presence of a heart disorder. Necropsy disclosed the surprising existence of a vast rheumatic carditis involving essentially the aortic and mitral valves, with bacterial superinfection of the former. The double rheumatic and infectious lesion in such a young patient with infective pseudo-aneurysms of the sinuses of Valsalva makes this an excepetional case.
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