Bacterial calcification in infective endocarditis.
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.
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Hope Hospital, Salford, Manchester, UK.
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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