title: Bacterial calcification in infective endocarditis.
abstract: The present report is the first description to our knowledge of a clinical case of bacterial calcification in human infective endocarditic vegetations. Partial calcification of bacteria within vegetations may be a further mechanism of bacterial protection from host defences and antibiotics. Similar calcification has recently been reported in vegetations formed on porcine valvular prostheses implanted experimentally in sheep.
authors.affiliation: Hope Hospital, Salford, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Poller
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curry
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Ganguli
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Routledge
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology