Fatal Ehrlichial Myocarditis in a Healthy Adolescent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Ehrlichial myocarditis is an unusual finding in nonimmunosuppressed patients. A case of fatal ehrlichiosis with rapidly progressive myocarditis and multiorgan failure from Ehrlichia chaffeensis in a previously healthy adolescent is described. Ehrlichial myocarditis is an unusual finding in nonimmuno...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2012-04, Vol.54 (8), p.e113-e114
Main Authors: Havens, Nicholas S., Kinnear, Benjamin R., Mató, Sayonara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Ehrlichia chaffeensis - isolation & purification
Ehrlichiosis - diagnosis
Ehrlichiosis - microbiology
Ehrlichiosis - pathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Insects
Multiple Organ Failure - diagnosis
Myocarditis - complications
Myocarditis - diagnosis
Myocarditis - microbiology
Myocarditis - pathology
Patients
Pediatrics
Radiography, Thoracic
Sepsis - complications
Sepsis - diagnosis
Teenagers
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Summary:Ehrlichial myocarditis is an unusual finding in nonimmunosuppressed patients. A case of fatal ehrlichiosis with rapidly progressive myocarditis and multiorgan failure from Ehrlichia chaffeensis in a previously healthy adolescent is described. Ehrlichial myocarditis is an unusual finding in nonimmunosuppressed patients. A case of fatal ehrlichiosis with rapidly progressive myocarditis and multiorgan failure from Ehrlichia chaffeensis in a previously healthy adolescent is described.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/cis032