| Literature DB >> 20392922 |
Simona Puzelli1, Franco M Buonaguro, Marzia Facchini, Annapina Palmieri, Laura Calzoletti, Maria A De Marco, Pasquale Arace, Enrico de Campora, Ciro Esposito, Antonio Cassone, Giovanni Rezza, Isabella Donatelli.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20392922 PMCID: PMC2884467 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00418-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948