title: Myopericarditis associated with central European tick-borne encephalitis.
abstract: The case of an 11-year-old child with acute myopericarditis associated with central European tick-borne encephalitis is presented. Cardiac involvement was demonstrated by pericardial effusion, elevated serum concentration of troponin-I and cardiac arrhythmia. Co-infections with enteroviruses, Borrelia burgdorferi or the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis were excluded. Recovery was uneventful.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Central European tick-borne encephalitis can be complicated by cardiac involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duppenthaler
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Pfammatter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aebi
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000150:complications; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D019210:Troponin I