A report of 2 cases of myopericarditis after vaccinia virus (smallpox) immunization

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 291-294

  Sharma, Umesh ^a   Tak, Tahir ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATINE KINASE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TROPONIN; VACCINIA VACCINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; ESCHAR; FACE RASH; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOPERICARDITIS; NIGHT SWEAT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REMISSION; SKIN DISEASE; SMALLPOX; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TELEMETRY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VACCINATION REACTION; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; RISK FACTORS; SMALLPOX VACCINE;

EID: 84855279954     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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