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Myocardial abscess
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A 53 year old woman underwent emergency laparotomy for small bowel obstruction. Inotropic support was administered via a central venous catheter. Five days postoperatively she became pyrexial, oliguric, and haemodynamically unstable. Multiple areas of peripheral limb infarction were noted. Blood cultures grew Staphylococcus …