Myopericarditis during a primary Epstein-Barr virus infection in an otherwise healthy young adult. An unusual and insidious complication. Case report and a 60-year literature review;Miopericardite in corso di infezione primaria da virus di Epstein-Barr in un giovane altrimenti sano. Una complicazione infrequente e insidiosa. Caso clinico e rassegna di 60 anni di letteratura

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-81

  Sabbatani, Sergio ^a   Manfredi, Roberto ^a   Ortolani, Paolo ^a   Trapani, Fabio Filippo ^a   Viale, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus infection; Infectious mononucleosis; Myocarditis; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEOSIS; MYALGIA; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SPLENOMEGALY;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASPIRIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCIES; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; SPLENOMEGALY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863928577     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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