Dengue myocarditis in Singapore: Two case reports

Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 709-714

  Marques, N ^a   Gan, V C ^b   Leo, Y S ^b  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dengue; Myocarditis; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BISOPROLOL; CREATININE; ENALAPRIL; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFUSION FLUID; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA; CHILL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DENGUE; DENGUE MYOCARDITIS; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DETERIORATION; DIAPHORESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FATALITY; HEADACHE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART RATE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALAISE; MALE; MEASLES; MUMPS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PETECHIA; REHYDRATION; REMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGAPORE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FATAL OUTCOME; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878860026     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0392-9     Document Type: Article

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