Borrelia-like organism in heart capillaries of patient with Lyme-disease seen by electron microscopy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Lalosevic, Dusan ^a,b   Lalosevic, Vesna ^c   Stojsic Milosavljevic, Anastazija ^d   Stojsic, Djurica ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF VOJVODINA   (Serbia)

^c FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE   (Serbia)

^d Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Clinical case; Endomyocardial biopsy; Lyme borreliosis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CASE REPORT; DETRITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEROLOGY; T WAVE INVERSION; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAPILLARIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 78649927745     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.12.165     Document Type: Article

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