Parvovirus-B19-associated fulminant myocarditis successfully treated with immunosuppressive and antiviral therapy

Antiviral Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-685

  Dennert, Robert ^a   Velthuis, Sebastiaan ^a   Westermann, Dirk ^b   Donker, Dirk ^a   Schalla, Simon ^a   Van Suylen, Robert Jan ^c   Heymans, Stephane ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; DOBUTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FULMINANT MYOCARDITIS; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARVOVIRUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956816450     PISSN: 13596535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3851/IMP1563     Document Type: Article

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