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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

Hrčak ID:

14852

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/14852

Publication date:

1.3.2001.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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