Atypical carditis can be a life-threatening presentation of chronic active EBV infection that must be differentiated from rheumatic fever.
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Alerts to possible EBV+ lymphoma after steroids in atypical carditis; leaves open whether EBV testing should precede immunosuppression in rheumatic fever mimics.
Toubo et al. (2005) studied this question.
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