Myocarditis Associated with Rabies
- 24 May 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 266 (21) , 1087-1089
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196205242662105
Abstract
ACUTE myocarditis of considerable clinical and pathological significance has been described in a variety of viral infections.1 It is the purpose of this paper to present a case of human rabies with an associated myocarditis, because of its clinical and pathological rarity. A search of the literature and personal communication with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology did not reveal any report of a similar lesion occurring in a case of rabies.Case ReportA 19-year-old woman (753–858) sustained a superficial laceration of the right hand when bitten by a cat in Guatemala. The cat, not previously known to be . . .Keywords
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