Staphylococcus aureus infection: cardiac abscess

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Staphylococcus aureus infection: cardiac abscess. Wellcome Collection. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Staphylococcus aureus infection: cardiac abscess This is a high power view of the tissue section shown in image W0047299. It shows a cluster of S. aureus bacteria surrounded by pus, forming an abscess within the heart. The patient died of staphylococcal septicaemia with similar abscesses in many organs of the body. H&E stain.

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