Case report: Myocarditis during acute schistosomiasis in two travelers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-367

  Epelboin, Loïc ^a   Jauréguiberry, Stéphane ^b   Estève, Jean Baptiste ^b   Danis, Martin ^b   Komajda, Michel ^b   Bricaire, François ^b   Caumes, Eric ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE MAYOTTE   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE; RAMIPRIL; TROPONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANOREXIA; ANOSOGNOSIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BATH; BLEEDING; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EYELID EDEMA; FACE EDEMA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAKE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MALI; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; MYALGIA; MYOCARDITIS; NAIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PERICARDIUM; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SWIMMING; T WAVE; THORAX PAIN; TRAVEL; URINALYSIS; URTICARIA; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949812788     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0084     Document Type: Article

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