Acute fulminant myocarditis after diphtheria, polio, and tetanus vaccination.
We report an infant case of acute fulminant myocarditis which occurred after administration of a diphtheria, polio, and tetanus vaccination. Fever and dyspnea developed after the vaccination. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was used for intractable cardiogenic shock. The patient survived the extracorporeal support, but poor ventricular contractility recurred 2 months later and she died while waiting for heart transplantation.
Wu
Shye-Jao
SJ
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. wsj003@med-assn.org.tw
Sun
Shen
S
Li
Jiun-Yi
JY
Hu
Po-Yuan
PY
Chien
Chen-Yen
CY
D000208:Acute Disease; D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology*; D018754:Ventricular Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology
D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine