Key result
Influenza A virus infection caused fatal acute cardiac failure and severe myocarditis with heavy lymphocytic infiltration and myocytolysis in a previously healthy 27-year-old woman.
Population
A previously healthy 27-year-old woman with acute cardiac failure following an influenza-like respiratory…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
4 days in hospital
Authors
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Alerts to possible fatal influenza myocarditis in young adults with acute failure; leaves open incidence and prevention needs.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report demonstrates that Influenza A can cause fatal myocarditis, with the virus directly isolatable from myocardial tissue, presenting clinically with features mimicking myocardial infarction.
Engblom et al. (1983) conducted a case report in Influenza A myocarditis (n=1). Influenza A virus infection was evaluated on Death and myocardial damage. Influenza A virus infection caused fatal acute cardiac failure and severe myocarditis with heavy lymphocytic infiltration and myocytolysis in a previously healthy 27-year-old woman.
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