[Recurrent myocardial abscess during Streptococcus B endocarditis].
The authors report a case of serious streptococcus B endocarditis with a myocardial abscess that recurred after surgery. Streptococcus B endocarditis is a rare disease which is characterized by a pronounced tropism of the organism for cardiac tissues, with severe cardiac valve mutilation and abscess formation in 40% of the cases. A myocardial abscess makes the prognosis worse and must be treated surgically during the acute phase of endocarditis. Modern imaging methods, notably trans-oesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography and computerized tomography should now be used to detect such abscesses.
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013290:Streptococcal Infections; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae
Abcès myocardique récidivant au cours d'une endocardite à streptocoque B.