First Report of Sudden Death Due to Myocarditis Caused by Adenovirus Serotype 3
- 1 February 2010
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 48 (2) , 642-645
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00815-09
Abstract
Myocarditis is a rare cause of sudden death in childhood. We describe the sudden death of a child from viral myocarditis, which we demonstrate was likely caused by an uncontrolled inflammatory response to a disseminated adenovirus serotype 3 infection originating in the tonsil.Keywords
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