Campylobacter jejuni myocarditis: A journey from the gut to the heart
OBJECTIVES: Campylobacter jejuni is an unusual cause of myocarditis and could easily be missed. METHODS: We describe a case of a 25 year old man, who presented with 3 day history of vomiting and diarrhoea, followed by chest pain and significant high sensitive troponin rise. RESULTS: The patient’s pr...
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description | OBJECTIVES: Campylobacter jejuni is an unusual cause of myocarditis and could easily be missed. METHODS: We describe a case of a 25 year old man, who presented with 3 day history of vomiting and diarrhoea, followed by chest pain and significant high sensitive troponin rise. RESULTS: The patient’s profuse diarrhoea was accompanied by raised inflammatory markers, electrocardiogram changes and evidence of cardiomyopathy on transthoracic echocardiogram. Various aetiological viral serologies which were tested for came back negative. However, stool culture was positive for the bacteria, Campylobacter jejuni. He was successfully treated with antibiotics and made an uneventful recovery. CONCLUSIONS: Campylobacter jejuni gastroenteritis has a worldwide prevalence. Therefore, prompt diagnosis and treatment is crucial when this organism is implicated in myocarditis. |
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spelling | pubmed-54687722017-06-20 Campylobacter jejuni myocarditis: A journey from the gut to the heart Obafemi, M Toba Douglas, Homeyra SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report OBJECTIVES: Campylobacter jejuni is an unusual cause of myocarditis and could easily be missed. METHODS: We describe a case of a 25 year old man, who presented with 3 day history of vomiting and diarrhoea, followed by chest pain and significant high sensitive troponin rise. RESULTS: The patient’s profuse diarrhoea was accompanied by raised inflammatory markers, electrocardiogram changes and evidence of cardiomyopathy on transthoracic echocardiogram. Various aetiological viral serologies which were tested for came back negative. However, stool culture was positive for the bacteria, Campylobacter jejuni. He was successfully treated with antibiotics and made an uneventful recovery. CONCLUSIONS: Campylobacter jejuni gastroenteritis has a worldwide prevalence. Therefore, prompt diagnosis and treatment is crucial when this organism is implicated in myocarditis. SAGE Publications 2017-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5468772/ /pubmed/28634541 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X17713148 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Obafemi, M Toba Douglas, Homeyra Campylobacter jejuni myocarditis: A journey from the gut to the heart |
title | Campylobacter jejuni myocarditis: A journey from the gut to the heart |
title_full | Campylobacter jejuni myocarditis: A journey from the gut to the heart |
title_fullStr | Campylobacter jejuni myocarditis: A journey from the gut to the heart |
title_full_unstemmed | Campylobacter jejuni myocarditis: A journey from the gut to the heart |
title_short | Campylobacter jejuni myocarditis: A journey from the gut to the heart |
title_sort | campylobacter jejuni myocarditis: a journey from the gut to the heart |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5468772/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28634541 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X17713148 |
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