Cardiac tamponade and heart failure due to myopericarditis as a presentation of infection with the pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jun;48(6):2298-300. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00418-10. Epub 2010 Apr 14.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Tamponade / complications*
  • Cardiac Tamponade / diagnosis*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Heart / virology
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis*
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / complications
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis*
  • Microscopy
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Myositis / complications
  • Myositis / diagnosis*
  • Pericardial Effusion / virology
  • Pericarditis / complications
  • Pericarditis / diagnosis*
  • Pharynx / virology