Myocarditis in Legionnaires' Disease

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 1981 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Chest, volume 79, pages 232-234 (issn: 0012-3692,

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Authors: D, Gross; H, Willens; S M, Zeldis;

doi: 10.1378/chest.79.2.232

pmid: 7460658

Myocarditis in Legionnaires' Disease

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Abstract

A case of Legionnaires' disease is described in which the characteristic features of multilobar pneumonia, rhabdomyolysis, renal failure, hepatic and CNS involvement are accompanied by the previously undescribed complication of myocarditis. Clinical and laboratory findings of myocardial involvement included overt heart failure, a new gallop, an abnormal ECG, elevated myocardial specific enzymes and an abnormal thallium scan. All of these abnormalities resolved completely after recovery.

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Male, Electrocardiography, Myocarditis, Humans, Female, Legionnaires' Disease, Middle Aged

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