Key result
Coxsackie B2 virus infection was identified as a potential etiologic agent capable of triggering autoimmune reactions leading to fatal giant cell myocarditis in a 52-year-old man.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report suggests that Coxsackie B2 virus infection can trigger autoimmune reactions leading to giant cell myocarditis.
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Alerts clinicians to possible viral triggers in fulminant myocarditis; leaves open causal role and should not change practice.
Meyer et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Giant cell myocarditis (n=1). Coxsackie B2 virus infection was evaluated on Death from rapidly progressive cardiogenic shock. Coxsackie B2 virus infection was identified as a potential etiologic agent capable of triggering autoimmune reactions leading to fatal giant cell myocarditis in a 52-year-old man.
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