Acute myocarditis associated with coxsackievirus B4 mimicking influenza myocarditis: electron microscopy detection of causal virus of myocarditis

Circulation. 2013 Dec 24;128(25):2811-2. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000602.

Authors

Takeshi Ikeda¹, Tsunenori Saito, Gen Takagi, Shigeru Sato, Hitoshi Takano, Yusuke Hosokawa, Meiso Hayashi, Kuniya Asai, Masahiro Yasutake, Kyoichi Mizuno

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine (T.I., T.S., G.T., H.T., M.H., K.A., M.Y., K.M.), Central Electron Microscopic Institute (S.S.), and Department of Intensive and Cardiac Care Unit (Y.H.), Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 24366591
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000602

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Coxsackievirus Infections / complications
Coxsackievirus Infections / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Electrocardiography
Enterovirus B, Human / isolation & purification
Enterovirus B, Human / ultrastructure*
Humans
Influenza, Human / complications
Influenza, Human / diagnosis*
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping
Male
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission*
Myocarditis / diagnosis*
Myocarditis / virology*
Orthomyxoviridae / isolation & purification
Orthomyxoviridae / ultrastructure*
Treatment Outcome