Enterovirus-induced fulminant myocarditis and hemophagocytic syndrome

Journal of Infection

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Letsas, Konstantinos P ^a   Filippatos, Gerasimos S ^a   Delimpasi, Sossana ^a   Spanakis, Nicholas ^b   Kounas, Stavros P ^a   Efremidis, Michalis ^a   Tsakris, Athanassios ^b   Kardaras, Fotios ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiogenic shock; Enteroviral infection; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; MEROPENEM; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTIOCYTE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MALE; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 33846169054     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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