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Food finds its way to a woman’s heart: Campylobacter jejuni-associated myopericarditis

Campylobacter jejuni-associated myopericarditis (CAM) has been reported infrequently in the literature. We describe a case of immunocompetent young woman presenting with chest pain, with history of recent travel and diarrhea. Evaluation led to diagnosis of myopericarditis associated with this infect...

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Autores principales: Veerasamy, Manivannan, Alguire, Craig T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5621727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28971107
http://dx.doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2017.8
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description Campylobacter jejuni-associated myopericarditis (CAM) has been reported infrequently in the literature. We describe a case of immunocompetent young woman presenting with chest pain, with history of recent travel and diarrhea. Evaluation led to diagnosis of myopericarditis associated with this infection. The patient improved with conservative management. The pathogenesis of CAM remains unknown. Patients present with chest pain, heart failure, pulmonary edema and arrhythmias. Diagnostic evaluation includes EKG, cardiac enzymes, echocardiogram, cardiac MRI and stool culture. Conservative management recommended and routine use of antimicrobial therapy is controversial. CAM is a rare but severe complication of C. jejuni infection. It should be considered as a diagnosis in patients presenting with chest pain with associated gastrointestinal symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-56217272017-10-02 Food finds its way to a woman’s heart: Campylobacter jejuni-associated myopericarditis Veerasamy, Manivannan Alguire, Craig T. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract Images in Cardiology Campylobacter jejuni-associated myopericarditis (CAM) has been reported infrequently in the literature. We describe a case of immunocompetent young woman presenting with chest pain, with history of recent travel and diarrhea. Evaluation led to diagnosis of myopericarditis associated with this infection. The patient improved with conservative management. The pathogenesis of CAM remains unknown. Patients present with chest pain, heart failure, pulmonary edema and arrhythmias. Diagnostic evaluation includes EKG, cardiac enzymes, echocardiogram, cardiac MRI and stool culture. Conservative management recommended and routine use of antimicrobial therapy is controversial. CAM is a rare but severe complication of C. jejuni infection. It should be considered as a diagnosis in patients presenting with chest pain with associated gastrointestinal symptoms. Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation 2017-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5621727/ /pubmed/28971107 http://dx.doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2017.8 Text en Copyright © 2017 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Food finds its way to a woman’s heart: Campylobacter jejuni-associated myopericarditis
title_sort food finds its way to a woman’s heart: campylobacter jejuni-associated myopericarditis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5621727/
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