This case report highlights a rare but fatal occurrence of acute fulminant myocarditis following diphtheria, polio, and tetanus vaccination in an infant.
May warrant vigilance for fulminant myocarditis after infant vaccination; leaves open causality and needs larger studies.
We report an infant case of acute fulminant myocarditis which occurred after administration of a diphtheria, polio, and tetanus vaccination. Fever and dyspnea developed after the vaccination. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was used for intractable cardiogenic shock. The patient survived the extracorporeal support, but poor ventricular contractility recurred 2 months later and she died while waiting for heart transplantation.
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