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Myocardial air collections as a result of infection with a gas producing strain of Escherichia coli
  1. H J J van der Vliet1,
  2. H W M Niessen2,
  3. R M Perenboom1
  1. 1Department of Internal Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr H J J van der Vliet
 Department of Internal Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; jj.vandervlietvumc.nl

Abstract

Certain strains of Escherichia coli have been shown to cause gas accumulation in—for example, emphysematous pyelonephritis. This paper describes a patient with intramyocardial air collections resulting from an intramyocardial infection with gas forming E coli.

  • myocardial abscess
  • Escherichia coli
  • CT, computed tomography

https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.2004.015966

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