Acute myocarditis associated with Shigella sonnei gastroenteritis.
We describe two patients with acute myocarditis temporally associated with an acute Shigella sonnei gastroenteritis. This association has not been described in children and should be considered in children with shigellosis who do not respond to rehydration therapies.
Rubenstein
J S
JS
Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.
Noah
Z L
ZL
Zales
V R
VR
Shulman
S T
ST
D000208:Acute Disease; D005117:Cardiac Complexes, Premature / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications*; D012764:Shigella sonnei; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left