Fatal myocardial necrosis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis and cytomegalovirus in a patient with scleroderma

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2295-2297

  Pirilä, Laura ^a   Söderström, Karl Ove ^a   Hietarinta, Marja ^a   Jalava, Jari ^a,b   Kytö, Ville ^a   Toivanen, Auli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; VIRUS GENOME;

ADULT; CREST SYNDROME; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE CELLS; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 33745182307     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00002-06     Document Type: Article

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