A 4-year-old girl with severe influenza B myocarditis and myositis was successfully supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, plasmapheresis, and continuous venovenous hemodialysis.
Case Report (n=1)
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Influenza B infection can present with severe myocarditis and myositis requiring advanced mechanical circulatory and renal support.
OBJECTIVE: To report an influenza B infection with associated myocarditis and severe skeletal myositis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Cardiac intensive care unit in a university-affiliated children's hospital. PATIENT: A 4-yr-old girl. RESULTS: The patient was successfully supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for profound myocardial dysfunction and a combination of plasmapheresis and continuous venovenous hemodialysis for rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure. CONCLUSIONS: This case provides a reminder that patients presenting with viral illness or myoglobinuria accompanied by renal failure, with or without associated myocarditis, may be demonstrating symptoms of influenza B.
Tabbutt et al. (Fri,) conducted a case report in Influenza B infection with associated myocarditis and severe skeletal myositis (n=1). Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, plasmapheresis, and continuous venovenous hemodialysis was evaluated. A 4-year-old girl with severe influenza B myocarditis and myositis was successfully supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, plasmapheresis, and continuous venovenous hemodialysis.