Atypical carditis can be a life-threatening presentation of chronic active EBV infection that mimics rheumatic fever.
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Alerts to potential EBV+ lymphoma risk after steroids for atypical carditis; leaves open causality and need for EBV testing in rheumatic fever mimics.
Toubo et al. (2006) studied this question.
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