Fatal myocarditis due to Clostridium novyi type B in a previously healthy woman: Case report and literature review, Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Informa Healthcare

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Fatal myocarditis due to Clostridium novyi type B in a previously healthy woman: Case report and literature review

2007, Vol. 39, No. 1 , Pages 77-80 (doi:10.1080/00365540600786531)

Marek Ma¹ ^†, J. Todd Boyd², Hien T. Trinh³, Jeremy W. Coombs³ and Gregory J. Fermann⁴

¹From the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

²Department of Pathology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

³Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

⁴Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

^†Correspondence: Marek Ma, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA, +215 662 4025, +215 662 3953 mamarek@uphs.upenn.edu

Clostridium novyi is a Gram-positive anaerobe, which is commonly a pathogen of domestic and wild animals. Disease in humans typically presents as myonecrosis. C. novyi has not previously been reported as a cause of myocarditis. We report a fatal case with infection of the myocardium by C. novyi type B.