Fatal myocarditis related to Campylobacter jejuni infection: a case report

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-121

  Pena, Louis A ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^b  

^a Los Angeles County Department of Coroner   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Fatal myocarditis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHORESIS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FECES CULTURE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYALGIA; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DEATH, SUDDEN; FATAL OUTCOME; FECES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 33847120881     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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