Chlamydophila pneumoniae myopericarditis in a child

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 336-339

  Suesaowalak, Monnipa ^a   Cheung, Michele M ^b   Tucker, Dawn ^c   Chang, Anthony C ^c   Chu, James ^c   Arrieta, Antonio ^c  

^a RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b Orange County Health Care Agency   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Myocarditis; Pediatrics; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CARDIAC ENZYME; DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; ENALAPRIL; ENZYME; FUROSEMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INOTROPISM; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYALGIA; MYOCARDITIS; NECK PAIN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS CONGESTION; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64249171801     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-008-9301-5     Document Type: Article

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