Active, Fulminant, Lethal Myocarditis Associated with Parvovirus B19 Infection in an Infant
Open Access
- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 35 (9) , 1027-1031
- https://doi.org/10.1086/342574
Abstract
We report a case of fulminant myocarditis in an 11-month-old female infant who had no other clinical signs of parvovirus infection. The patient preseKeywords
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