Campylobacter jejuni infection associated with myopericarditis in adolescents: report of two cases

Eur J Pediatr. 2010 Jan;169(1):63-5. doi: 10.1007/s00431-009-0985-1. Epub 2009 Apr 24.

Abstract

Two cases of myopericarditis associated with Campylobacter jejuni infection in male adolescents are presented. C. jejuni is the most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide; however, cardiac complications are rare, even in adults. To our knowledge, these are the first reported cases of campylobacter-related myopericarditis in adolescents.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Campylobacter Infections / diagnosis
  • Campylobacter Infections / drug therapy
  • Campylobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Campylobacter jejuni / isolation & purification*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / drug therapy
  • Myocarditis / microbiology*
  • Pericarditis / diagnosis
  • Pericarditis / drug therapy
  • Pericarditis / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents