Myocarditis: a rare complication during Legionella infection.
Legionella often causes systemic manifestations. The clinical spectrum now includes cardiac legionellosis. The first case of myocarditis was reported by Gross in 1981. To date few additional cases have been described. Myocardial involvement might be more frequent than supposed in legionnaires' disease.
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Servei de Cures Intensives, Hospital Universitari Germans Trías i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
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D000328:Adult; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors
D007527:Isoenzymes; D003402:Creatine Kinase