Fatal myocardial necrosis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis and cytomegalovirus in a patient with scleroderma

Laura Pirilä; Karl-Ove Söderström; Marja Hietarinta; Jari Jalava; Ville Kytö; Auli Toivanen

doi:10.1128/JCM.00002-06

Fatal myocardial necrosis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis and cytomegalovirus in a patient with scleroderma

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jun;44(6):2295-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00002-06.

Authors

Laura Pirilä¹, Karl-Ove Söderström, Marja Hietarinta, Jari Jalava, Ville Kytö, Auli Toivanen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
CREST Syndrome / complications*
Cytomegalovirus / isolation & purification*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / microbiology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Muscle Cells / microbiology
Muscle Cells / virology
Myocarditis / microbiology*
Myocarditis / virology*
Myocardium / pathology
Necrosis
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus / isolation & purification*