Fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis associated with visceral larva migrans caused by Toxocara canis infection

Circulation Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1344-1348

  Enko, Kenki ^a   Tada, Takeshi ^a   Ohgo, Keiko O ^a   Nagase, Satoshi ^a   Nakamura, Kazufumi ^a   Ohta, Kei ^a   Ichiba, Shingo ^a   Ujike, Yoshihito ^a   Nawa, Yukifumi ^b   Maruyama, Haruhiko ^b   Ohe, Tohru ^a   Kusano, Kengo F ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Eosinophilia; Myocarditis; Toxocara canis; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOPAMINE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FULMINANT EOSINOPHILIC MYOCARDITIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTERSTITIUM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RAW MEAT; SEROLOGY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68149171456     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0334     Document Type: Article

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