Fatal myocardial necrosis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis and cytomegalovirus in a patient with scleroderma |
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| Authors: | Pirilä Laura Söderström Karl-Ove Hietarinta Marja Jalava Jari Kytö Ville Toivanen Auli |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. |
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| Abstract: | A 42-year-old woman developed a rapidly progressing fatal heart failure. At the autopsy extensive necrosis of the myocardium was seen, with an almost complete absence of inflammatory cells and the presence of bacterial structures identified as Staphylococcus lugdunensis by PCR. In addition, the cytomegalovirus genome was found to be located inside the cardiomyocytes. |
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