Title
Fulminant myocarditis and acute gastroenteritis due to coxsackie virus b6
Other title
Miocarditis fulminante y enfermedad diarreica aguda por coxsackie virus b6
Date Issued
01 March 2011
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
We present the case of a young woman who suffered cardiogenic due to by Coxsackie virus B6. The patient attended a private clinic with an acute gastroenteritis and after one hour of receiving hydratation,she developed hypotension and shock, severe hypoxemia and bilateral lung infiltrate. The patient entered the Intensive Care Unit, where she received hemodynamic support. Due to the clinical picture and cardiac enzymes increase, a cardiac failure was suspected and the echocardiographic findings suggested myocarditis. The evolution was successful and Coxsackie B6 virus infection diagnosis was made during the follow up by increase of the levels of antibodies for virus Coxsackie B6.
Start page
145
End page
148
Volume
28
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-79955941548
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
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