Key result
Adenovirus type 21 infection linked to fatal myocarditis and pneumonitis in an infant.
Why the study?
Adenovirus type 21 has not been clearly established as a cause of fatal myocarditis and pneumonitis in infants.
Design
Case report
Authors
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Adenovirus type 21 may cause fatal infant myocarditis; case report leaves open its prevalence and management implications.
Case Report (n=1)
Adenovirus type 21 should be recognized as a potential cause of fatal cardiorespiratory disease, including myocarditis.
Donald Earl Henson (1971) conducted a case report in Myocarditis and pneumonitis (n=1). Adenovirus type 21 infection was evaluated on Fatal cardiorespiratory disease (myocarditis and pneumonitis). Adenovirus type 21 infection was associated with fatal nonsuppurative myocytolytic myocarditis and focal interstitial pneumonitis in an 11-month-old infant.
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