A case of sudden cardiac death in connection with Salmonella typhimurium infection.
A case of fatal myocarditis in a 24-year-old otherwise healthy man is described. It was possible to cultivate Salmonella typhimurium from the alimentary tract, the blood, the liver and skeletal muscles. The possibility of a solitary myocarditis with fatal outcome due to Salmonella typhimurium infection is discussed. Such a case seems not to have been mentioned previously in the literature. The problems concerning the statistical registration of such a death are briefly discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium