title: Is the incidence of perimyocarditis increased following Campylobacter jejuni infection?
abstract: Preliminary case reports have suggested an association between Campylobacter jejuni infection and occurrence of perimyocarditis. In the present study we analysed the incidence of perimyocarditis requiring hospitalization in a Danish cohort of 6,204 patients with Campylobacter-positive stool cultures and compared it to the incidence in a matched control cohort comprising 62,040 subjects. We found no cases of pericarditis in the Campylobacter population and an incidence rate of 3.2 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.8-12.9] per 100,000 person-years in the control population. The incidence rate of myocarditis was 16.1 (95% CI: 2.3-114.4) per 100,000 person-years in the Campylobacter population compared to 1.6 (95% CI: 0.2-11.4) per 100,000 person-years in the control cohort. We found no statistically significant difference in perimyocarditis between the two groups.
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg Hospital, University Hospital of Aarhus, Hobrovej 18-22, Aalborg, Denmark. becke@as.aaa.dk
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Becker
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Ejlertsen
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Kristensen
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nørgaard
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004751:Enteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology