Fatal ehrlichial myocarditis in a healthy adolescent: a case report and review of the literature

Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr;54(8):e113-4. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis032. Epub 2012 Feb 21.

Abstract

Ehrlichial myocarditis is an unusual finding in nonimmunosuppressed patients. A case of fatal ehrlichiosis with rapidly progressive myocarditis and multiorgan failure from Ehrlichia chaffeensis in a previously healthy adolescent is described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Ehrlichia chaffeensis / isolation & purification*
  • Ehrlichiosis / diagnosis*
  • Ehrlichiosis / microbiology
  • Ehrlichiosis / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Multiple Organ Failure / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / complications
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis*
  • Myocarditis / microbiology
  • Myocarditis / pathology*
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Sepsis / complications
  • Sepsis / diagnosis