Cardiac Tamponade and Heart Failure Due to Myopericarditis as a Presentation of Infection with the Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza A Virus

We describe a fatal case of myopericarditis presenting with cardiac tamponade in a previously healthy 11-year-old child. Pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus sequences were identified in throat and myocardial tissues and pericardial fluid, suggesting damage of myocardial cells directly caused by the...

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2010-06, Vol.48 (6), p.2298-2300
Main Authors: Puzelli, Simona, Buonaguro, Franco M, Facchini, Marzia, Palmieri, Annapina, Calzoletti, Laura, De Marco, Maria A, Arace, Pasquale, de Campora, Enrico, Esposito, Ciro, Cassone, Antonio, Rezza, Giovanni, Donatelli, Isabella
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac Tamponade - complications
Cardiac Tamponade - diagnosis
Case Reports
Child
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Heart - virology
Heart Failure - diagnosis
Histocytochemistry
Humans
Influenza A virus
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype - isolation & purification
Influenza, Human - complications
Influenza, Human - diagnosis
Microbiology
Microscopy
Myocardium - pathology
Myositis - complications
Myositis - diagnosis
Pericardial Effusion - virology
Pericarditis - complications
Pericarditis - diagnosis
Pharynx - virology
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Summary:We describe a fatal case of myopericarditis presenting with cardiac tamponade in a previously healthy 11-year-old child. Pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus sequences were identified in throat and myocardial tissues and pericardial fluid, suggesting damage of myocardial cells directly caused by the virus.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.00418-10