Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 40 No. 1, 2001.
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Immunomediated Perimyocarditis after Staphylococcal Thrombophlebitis
Tomislav Šušković
Dina Vukičević-Baudoin
Abstract
During the treatment of puerperal sepsis, a 26-year-old patient developed infectious thrombophlebitis of the left axillary vein and subclavian vein caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Eighteen days from completion of antibiotic therapy, the patient presented with perimyocarditis, left ventricular incompetence, and high levels of circulating immunocomplexes. The course of the disease suggested immunomediated perimyocarditis as a reaction to bacterial infection. After nine-month follow-up, spontaneous normalization of the ejection fraction occurred.
Keywords
Myocarditis, immunology; Myocarditis, diagnosis; Case report; Thrombophlebitis, complications
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14852
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Publication date:
1.3.2001.
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