Disseminated coxsackievirus B fulminant myocarditis in an immunocompetent adult: A case report Case of disseminated coxsackievirus myocarditis

作者:Saikia Uma Nahar*; Mishra Baijayantimala; Sharma Mirnalini; Nada Ritambhra; Radotra B D
来源:Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2014, 78(1): 98-100.
DOI:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.07.011

摘要

Coxsackieviral myocarditis is associated with systemic involvement in neonates; however, fulminant coxsackieviral myocarditis is rare in adults, and its dissemination with fatal myocarditis involving kidneys, liver, and adrenal is further rarely reported. We report a case of fulminant myocarditis along with dissemination of coxsackievirus, which was clinically unrecognized.