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

H J J van der Vliet; H W M Niessen; R M Perenboom

doi:10.1136/jcp.2004.015966

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

J Clin Pathol. 2004 Jun;57(6):660-1. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2004.015966.

Authors

H J J van der Vliet¹, H W M Niessen, R M Perenboom

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. jj.vandervliet@vumc.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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging
Cardiomyopathies / microbiology*
Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Emphysema / microbiology*
Escherichia coli / metabolism*
Escherichia coli Infections / diagnostic imaging
Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
Fatal Outcome
Gas Gangrene / diagnostic imaging
Gas Gangrene / microbiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed