title: [Fulminant influenza type A associated myocarditis: a fatal case in an 8 year old child].
abstract: Fulminant Influenza type A-associated myocarditis are very rare in children. The clinical presentation is non specific, like flu illness, cardiogenic shock or sudden cardiac arrest. We report the case of a eight years old girl with a fulminant Influenza A-associated myocarditis with a fatal evolution despite the use of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The aim of this observation is to remind that influenza in children, usually considered as a benign illness, can exceptionally be complicated by a fulminant myocarditis. Because the possibility to recover a full myocardial function, the persistence of severe heart failure despite the medical treatment should conduct rapidly to a mechanical circulatory assistance.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation pédiatrique, CHU de Caen.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Letouze
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jokic
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maragnes
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rouleau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Flais
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vabret
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Freymuth
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*