title: A case of Japanese spotted fever complicated with acute myocarditis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukuta
authors.forename: Fumihiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mahara
authors.forename: Tadanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakatsu
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Masaji
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012281:Rickettsia; D012282:Rickettsia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy