First report of sudden death due to myocarditis caused by adenovirus serotype 3

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 642-645

  Treacy, Ann ^a   Carr, Michael J ^b   Dunford, Linda ^b   Palacios, Gustavo ^c   Cannon, Gemma A ^b   O'Grady, Anthony ^d   Moran, Julie ^b   Hassan, Jaythoon ^b   Loy, Aisling ^b   Connell, Jeff ^b   Devaney, Deirdre ^a   Kelehan, Peter ^e   Hall, William W ^b  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLLAPSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDDEN DEATH; TONSILLITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ADENOIDS; ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN; DNA, VIRAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

EID: 75649132279     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00815-09     Document Type: Article

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