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    J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jun;48(6):2298-300. Epub 2010 Apr 14.

    Cardiac tamponade and heart failure due to myopericarditis as a presentation of infection with the pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus.

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    Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy. simona.puzelli@iss.it

    Abstract

    We describe a fatal case of myopericarditis presenting with cardiac tamponade in a previously healthy 11-year-old child. Pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza A virus sequences were identified in throat and myocardial tissues and pericardial fluid, suggesting damage of myocardial cells directly caused by the virus.

    PMID:
    20392922
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID:
    PMC2884467
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