Early detection and successful therapy of fulminant Chlamydia pneumoniae myocarditis

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 480-481

  Hoefer, Daniel ^a   Poelzl, Gerhard ^a   Kilo, Juliane ^a   Hoermann, Christoph ^a   Mueller, Ludwig ^a   Laufer, Guenther ^a   Antretter, Herwig ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS;

CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; ENDOMYOCARDIAL BIOPSY; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONVALESCENCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENESIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MYOCARDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 23044481156     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mat.0000169077.53643.97     Document Type: Article

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