Images in cardiovascular medicine. Endocarditis secondary to microsporidia: giant vegetation in a pacemaker user

Circulation. 2009 Apr 14;119(14):e386-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.817312.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Electrocardiography
  • Endocarditis / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis / diagnostic imaging
  • Endocarditis / etiology*
  • Endocarditis / pathology
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Microsporidia / genetics
  • Microsporidia / growth & development
  • Microsporidia / isolation & purification*
  • Microsporidiosis / diagnosis*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Radiography, Thoracic

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents