Acute myocarditis associated with non-typhoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis

Acute myocarditis is clinically rare in children, but poses a significant risk for morbidity and mortality. Children with myocarditis show a wide variety of clinical manifestations ranging from subclinical myocarditis to heart failure, hemodynamic compromise, arrhythmia, and even sudden death. Salmo...

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Published in:Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal
Main Authors: Sehun Choi, Jae Sung Son, Hee-Won Moon, Soo-Jin Kim, Hye Won Park, Ran Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2019-12-01
Subjects:
child
gastroenteritis
magnetic resonance imaging
myocarditis
salmonella infections
Online Access:http://pemj.org/upload/pdf/pemj-2019-00094.pdf
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Summary:Acute myocarditis is clinically rare in children, but poses a significant risk for morbidity and mortality. Children with myocarditis show a wide variety of clinical manifestations ranging from subclinical myocarditis to heart failure, hemodynamic compromise, arrhythmia, and even sudden death. Salmonella species are associated with clinical presentations including gastroenteritis, enteric fever, bacteremia, and extra-intestinal focal infections. Non-typhoidal Salmonella infections usually cause self-limiting gastroenteritis, but are rarely associated with myocarditis. In this report, we present a case of myocarditis associated with Salmonella serogroup B gastroenteritis in a previously healthy 15-year-old boy.
ISSN:2383-4897
2508-5506

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