title: Acute fulminant myocarditis after diphtheria, polio, and tetanus vaccination.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. wsj003@med-assn.org.tw
authors.forename: Shye-Jao
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jiun-Yi
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Po-Yuan
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Chen-Yen
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chien
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D015721:Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine