Abstract:
:A case of a patient who developed an acute myocarditis due to Lyme disease is reported. An increased serum antibody titer to Borrelia burgdorferi suggested a diagnosis and in addition of basic clinical methods, endomyocardial biopsy performed and analyzed by transmission electron microscopy. The lumen of myocardial capillaries was founded mostly filled with detritus and fibrin precipitate, between them several bacterial fragments were identified. The electron-microscopic characteristics of the microorganisms in this specimen, revealing irregularly coiled appearance and consistent thickness of 0.2 μm, correspond to the spiral-like structure of Lyme disease borrelia. The presence of fibrin deposits on the capillary endothelium and necrosis of myocardiocytes, suggests that the cardiopathy in our patient was represent borrelia-mediated damage of the heart microcirculation.
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Int J Cardioljournal_title
International journal of cardiologyauthors
Lalosevic D,Lalosevic V,Stojsic-Milosavljevic A,Stojsic Ddoi
10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.12.165subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-12-03 00:00:00pages
e96-8issue
3eissn
0167-5273issn
1874-1754pii
S0167-5273(08)01599-4journal_volume
145pub_type
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