Case report of severe myocarditis in an immunocompromised child with Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection

Case report of severe myocarditis in an immunocompromised child with Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection

Abstract Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is common and may be severe among patients with preexisting cardiac anomalies, but direct involvement of myocardial damage is not common in those patients. Additionally, myocardial involvement has been rarely described among immune comp...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Miura, Fumihiko Hattori, Hidetoshi Uchida, Tadayoshi Hata, Kazuko Kudo, Masatoki Sato, Tetsushi Yoshikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
RSV
Myocarditis
Leukemia
Maintenance treatment
Real-time RT-PCR
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-018-1027-9

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