Fatal myocarditis due to Clostridium novyi type B in a previously healthy woman: Case report and literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-80

  Ma, Marek ^a   Boyd, J Todd ^b   Trinh, Hien T ^c   Coombs, Jeremy W ^c   Fermann, Gregory J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI TYPE B; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE BIGEMINY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOKINESIA; LABORATORY TEST; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX PAIN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND;

ADULT; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 33847129584     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600786531     Document Type: Article

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