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Myopericarditis associated with central European tick-borne encephalitis
A Duppenthaler1, J P Pfammatter, C Aebi
1Department of Paediatrics, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland.
European Journal of Pediatrics
|November 18, 2000
Abstract
Unlabelled:
The case of an 11-year-old child with acute myopericarditis associated with central European tick-borne encephalitis is presented. Cardiac involvement was demonstrated by pericardial effusion, elevated serum concentration of troponin-I and cardiac arrhythmia. Co-infections with enteroviruses, Borrelia burgdorferi or the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis were excluded. Recovery was uneventful.
Conclusion:
Central European tick-borne encephalitis can be complicated by cardiac involvement.