A rare case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis septicemia associated with myocarditis and atrioventricular block

Alex Tsz Lai Ngan; Sharen Lee; Tong Liu; Mark Tam; Ka Hou Christien Li; Michelle Vangi Wong; Michael Huen Sum Lam; Gary Tse; Ishan Lakhani

doi:10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2019.01.009

A rare case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis septicemia associated with myocarditis and atrioventricular block

J Geriatr Cardiol. 2019 Jan;16(1):63-66. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2019.01.009.

Authors

Alex Tsz Lai Ngan^{1

2}, Sharen Lee^{1

2}, Tong Liu³, Mark Tam¹, Ka Hou Christien Li^{1

2

3

4

5}, Michelle Vangi Wong^{1

2

4}, Michael Huen Sum Lam¹, Gary Tse^{1

2}, Ishan Lakhani^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
³ Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Newcastle University, United Kingdom.
⁵ Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom.

PMID: 30800154
PMCID: PMC6379236
DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2019.01.009

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrioventricular block; Conduction; Inflammation; Myocarditis; Staphylococcus lugdunensis.