[Coxsackie B4 infection, myopericarditis and diabetes mellitus].
The authors described a case of acute miopericarditis with evolution towards dilated cardiomiopathy, secondary to Coxsackie B4 infection, in a patient developing a concomitant insulin dependent diabetes (DIDM), admitted to be also an expression of this infection. The pathogenesis and the immunological basis of this aggression is discussed and some therapeutic considerations made.
Gomes
R M
RM
Serviço de Medicina I, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.
Sanches
A T
AT
Gonzalez
M A
MA
Sarmento
J L
JL
D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human; D006801:Humans; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
Infecção por Coxsackie B4, miopericardite e diabetes.