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Case report
Myocardial air collections as a result of infection with a gas producing strain of Escherichia coli
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