July 1, 1995The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Molecular identification of viruses in sudden infant death associated with myocarditis and pericarditis

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Population

8 infants who died suddenly and unexpectedly with histologic evidence of myocarditis and/or pericarditis…

Design

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Authors

CSChisato ShimizuUniversity of California, San Diego CRCaroline RambaudHôpital Raymond-Poincaré GCG. ChéronHôpital Necker-Enfants Malades

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Implication

May suggest viral contribution to sudden infant death; hypothesis-generating and requires confirmation before any clinical application.

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Population

8 infants who died suddenly and unexpectedly with histologic evidence of myocarditis and/or pericarditis detected at postmortem examination.

Intervention

Molecular examination of myocardium, liver, and skeletal muscle for genomic sequences from adenovirus, cytomegalovirus, enterovirus, and echovirus 22/23.

Outcome

Presence of viral genomic sequences (adenovirus, cytomegalovirus, enterovirus, echovirus 22/23) in tissues.

Pathogenic viruses like adenovirus and enterovirus may be present in tissues of infants dying suddenly with myocarditis or pericarditis, suggesting a potential contributory role to sudden death.

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Shimizu et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9510856a42edee3f2c976f https://doi.org/10.1097/00006454-199507000-00006

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Myocarditis Pericardial disease

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Molecular identification of viruses in sudden infant death associated with myocarditis and pericarditis

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