[Enterovirus-related pericarditis and mediastinitis after heart surgery: a case report]

A Dumaine; N Lévêque; P Rosamel; A Tristan; O Raisky; J-F Obadia; B Lina; J-J Lehot; O Bastien

doi:10.1684/abc.2008.0230

[Enterovirus-related pericarditis and mediastinitis after heart surgery: a case report]

Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2008 Jul-Aug;66(4):433-6. doi: 10.1684/abc.2008.0230.

[Article in French]

Authors

A Dumaine¹, N Lévêque, P Rosamel, A Tristan, O Raisky, J-F Obadia, B Lina, J-J Lehot, O Bastien

Affiliation

¹ Service d'anesthésie et de réanimation, Hôpital Louis Pradel, Hospices civils de Lyon.

PMID: 18725345
DOI: 10.1684/abc.2008.0230

Abstract

We report a case of enterovirus related pericarditis associated to mediastinitis in a hospitalised 53-year-old male after heart surgery. Mediastinitis caused by enterovirus has not previously been described.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Enterovirus Infections*
Humans
Male
Mediastinitis / virology*
Middle Aged
Pericarditis / virology*