A case of Japanese spotted fever complicated with acute myocarditis.
Japanese spotted fever (JSF) is caused by Rickettsia japonica. Although it induces a variety of complications, acute myocarditis has never been reported as a complication of JSF. We treated a JSF patient who developed acute myocarditis. To our knowledge, this is the first case of JSF complicated with acute myocarditis.
Fukuta
Yasushi
Y
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The University of Tokushima Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan. fukuta@clin.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp
Mahara
Fumihiko
F
Nakatsu
Tadanori
T
Yoshida
Tetsuya
T
Nishimura
Masaji
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012281:Rickettsia; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy