Acute myocardial infarction associated with DF-2 bacteremia after a dog bite.
This is the first reported case of an acute myocardial infarction probably secondary to DF-2 bacterial septicemia and presumed endocarditis. Selective coronary arteriography revealed a long filling defect causing 95% stenosis of the second diagonal branch of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Multiple blood cultures revealed Decarboxylase Fermentor-2 (DF-2) septicemia that responded to penicillin therapy. Two months status after myocardial infarction recatheterization revealed complete recanalization with slight irregularity of the vessel lumen at the site of previous obstruction.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001027:Aortography; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004285:Dogs; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology