Key result
Streptococcus pneumoniae infection can mimic acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock in young males without cardiovascular risk factors.
Why the study?
Myocarditis is commonly associated with viruses, whereas presentation mimicking acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to pneumococcal infection is rare.
Case Report (n=1)
Streptococcus pneumoniae infection can present with features mimicking acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock in young patients without cardiovascular risk factors.
Myocarditis is commonly associated with viruses. However, we present a novel case of a teenager with pneumococcal pneumonia and bacteremia complicated by myocarditis and rhabdomyolysis, presenting with features of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock. Physicians should be aware that Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, like Group A Streptococcus, can mimic acute myocardial infarction in young males without cardiovascular risk factors.
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Chiong et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Pneumococcal pneumonia and bacteremia complicated by myocarditis and rhabdomyolysis (n=1). Streptococcus pneumoniae infection was evaluated. Streptococcus pneumoniae infection can mimic acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock in young males without cardiovascular risk factors.
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