Key result
Smallpox vaccination was associated with the development of myocarditis 8 days post-vaccination in a 20-year-old man, which resolved promptly with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents.
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents may provide prompt symptom resolution in patients developing myocarditis following smallpox vaccination.
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May support NSAID use for symptom resolution in vaccine-associated myocarditis; leaves open questions of incidence and causality.
Saurina et al. (2003) studied this question. Smallpox vaccination was associated with the development of myocarditis 8 days post-vaccination in a 20-year-old man, which resolved promptly with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents.
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