title: Fatal ehrlichial myocarditis in a healthy adolescent: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Ehrlichial myocarditis is an unusual finding in nonimmunosuppressed patients. A case of fatal ehrlichiosis with rapidly progressive myocarditis and multiorgan failure from Ehrlichia chaffeensis in a previously healthy adolescent is described.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Missouri, One Hospital Dr, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA. havensn@health.missouri.edu
authors.forename: Nicholas S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Havens
authors.forename: Benjamin R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Kinnear
authors.forename: Sayonara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mató
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018469:Ehrlichia chaffeensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016873:Ehrlichiosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000175:diagnosis; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis