Images in cardiovascular medicine. Endocarditis secondary to microsporidia: giant vegetation in a pacemaker user.
Filho
Martino Martinelli
MM
Department of Pacemaker, Pacemaker Clinic, Heart Institute-InCor, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. martino@incor.usp.br
Ribeiro
Henrique B
HB
Paula
Leonardo J C
LJ
Nishioka
Silvana A D
SA
Tamaki
Wagner T
WT
Costa
Roberto
R
Siqueira
Sérgio F
SF
Kawakami
Joyce T
JT
Higuchi
Maria Lourdes
ML
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents