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Human parechovirus infection was identified as the cause of acute myocarditis in a 26-year-old man, demonstrating that HPeV can cause serious cardiac illness in adults.
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Human parechovirus (HPeV) is an emerging pathogen that can cause severe myocarditis in adults and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of myocarditis with unidentified infectious etiology.
HPeV merits consideration in unexplained adult myocarditis; single case leaves open prevalence and management data.
The infectious etiology of myocarditis often remains unidentified. We report a case of myocarditis associated with human parechovirus (HPeV) infection in an adult. HPeV is an emerging pathogen that can cause serious illness, including myocarditis, in adults. Testing for HPeV should be considered in differential diagnosis of myocarditis.
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Kong et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Myocarditis (n=1). Human parechovirus (HPeV) infection was evaluated. Human parechovirus infection was identified as the cause of acute myocarditis in a 26-year-old man, demonstrating that HPeV can cause serious cardiac illness in adults.
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