We describe a fatal case of myopericarditis presenting with cardiac tamponade in a previously healthy 11-year-old child. Pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus sequences were identified in throat and myocardial tissues and pericardial fluid, suggesting damage of myocardial cells directly caused by the virus.

Cardiac Tamponade and Heart Failure Due to Myopericarditis as a Presentation of Infection with the Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza A Virus / Puzelli, S; Buonaguro, Fm; Facchini, M; Palmieri, A; Calzoletti, L; De Marco, Ma; Arace, P; de Campora, E; Esposito, C; Cassone, A; Rezza, G; Donatelli, I. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0095-1137. - 48:6(2010), pp. 2298-2300. [10.1128/JCM.00418-10]

Cardiac Tamponade and Heart Failure Due to Myopericarditis as a Presentation of Infection with the Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza A Virus

Rezza G;
2010-01-01

Abstract

We describe a fatal case of myopericarditis presenting with cardiac tamponade in a previously healthy 11-year-old child. Pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus sequences were identified in throat and myocardial tissues and pericardial fluid, suggesting damage of myocardial cells directly caused by the virus.
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