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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2006, p. 2295-2297, Vol. 44, No. 6
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00002-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Fatal Myocardial Necrosis Caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis and Cytomegalovirus in a Patient with Scleroderma

Laura Pirilä,1 Karl-Ove Söderström,2 Marja Hietarinta,1 Jari Jalava,3,6 Ville Kytö,4,5* and Auli Toivanen1

Departments of Medicine,1 Pathology,2 Medical Microbiology,3 Virology,4 Anatomy, University of Turku, Turku, Finland,5 Department of Bacterial and Inflammatory Diseases, National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland6

Received 2 January 2006/ Returned for modification 16 March 2006/ Accepted 5 April 2006

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, 20520 Turku, Finland. Phone: 358 2 333 7589. Fax: 358 2 333 7352. E-mail: ville.kyto{at}utu.fi.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2006, p. 2295-2297, Vol. 44, No. 6
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00002-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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