Myocarditis causing severe heart failure - an unusual early manifestation of leptospirosis: a case report

BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is the most widespread zoonosis in the world. Cardiac involvement is a frequent complication of leptospirosis although significant left ventricular dysfunction is rare. We report a case of fatal leptospira myocarditis leading to cardiogenic shock on the second day of illnes...

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Published in:BMC Res Notes
Main Authors: Pushpakumara, Jagath, Prasath, Thushanthy, Samarajiwa, Ganaja, Priyadarshani, Sugandika, Perera, Nilanka, Indrakumar, Jegarajah
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4371810/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25884600
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1031-1
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