Inflammatory pseudotumor of the heart caused by Listeria monocytogenes infection

Journal of Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-163

  Adler, Amos ^a   Fimbres, Angela ^b   Marcinak, John ^a   Johnson, Amy ^a   Zheng, Xiaotian ^b   Hasegawa, Susan ^b   Shulman, Stanford T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac infections; Listeria monocytogenes; Pseudotumor

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HEART PSEUDOTUMOR; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOTUMOR; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GASTROENTERITIS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE;

EID: 59749100984     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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