Suspected legionella-induced perimyocarditis in an adult in the absence of pneumonia: A rare clinical entity

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 601-603

  Burke, Peter T ^a   Shah, Roshni ^b   Thabolingam, Raveend ^a   Saba, Souheil ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies, bacterial; Bacterial infections diagnosis; Legionella; Legionella pneumophila; Legionnaires' disease; Middle aged; Myocarditis; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MOXIFLOXACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149101255     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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