Myopericarditis in a patient with Campylobacter enteritis: A case report and literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 549-552

  Kotilainen, Pirkko ^a,b   Lehtopolku, Mirva ^a,b   Hakanen, Antti J ^a,b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATINE KINASE MB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERICARDITIS; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; ENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 33746641681     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500372903     Document Type: Article

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