Key result
Acute mumps infection is linked to rare acute myocarditis even in healthy vaccinated individuals.
Why the study?
Myocarditis is a very rare but clinically significant complication of acute mumps infection, with few recent descriptions since widespread vaccination.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare but clinically significant complication of acute mumps infection (myocarditis) occurring even in a vaccinated individual.
Consider mumps in unexplained myocarditis even post-vaccination; single case report leaves open incidence and surveillance needs.
Mumps is a viral infection endemic in North America despite widespread vaccination. Typical symptoms include parotitis, fever, and myalgias; however, absence of parotitis and asymptomatic infection is common. Complications are rare, occurring in 10% or fewer of patients, and have only rarely been described since widespread adoption of the mumps vaccine. Most complications occur in non-vaccinated individuals. Myocarditis is a very rare, but clinically significant, complication of acute mumps infection. We report a case of acute myocarditis with a serological diagnosis of acute mumps infection in a previously healthy, vaccinated 24-year-old female.
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LeBlanc et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Mumps-associated myocarditis (n=1). Acute mumps infection was evaluated. Acute myocarditis is a rare but clinically significant complication of acute mumps infection that can occur even in previously healthy, vaccinated individuals.
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