ISSN:
1432-1076
Keywords:
Rheumatic carditis
;
Group B streptococcal endocarditis
;
Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm
;
Atrioventricular block
;
Child
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract 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.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01959082
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