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Postoperative intramyocardial abscess caused by mucormycosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7979755     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We report the case of an intramyocardial abscess caused by mucormycosis that arose after cardiac operation. Several causes of immunosuppression in a 71-year-old woman were exacerbated after she underwent coronary revascularization. Before she died of multiple organ system dysfunction, a variety of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, as well as complete heart block, developed, but the cause was not clear until autopsy revealed a large septal myocardial abscess due to mucormycosis.
Authors:
J M Balaguer; E Soto; D Perry; J M Moran
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Annals of thoracic surgery     Volume:  58     ISSN:  0003-4975     ISO Abbreviation:  Ann. Thorac. Surg.     Publication Date:  1994 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-12-28     Completed Date:  1994-12-28     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  15030100R     Medline TA:  Ann Thorac Surg     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1760-2     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Abscess / immunology,  microbiology*,  pathology
Aged
Cardiomyopathies / immunology,  microbiology*,  pathology
Coronary Artery Bypass
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Mucormycosis* / immunology,  pathology
Postoperative Complications / microbiology*

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