Toxoplasma myocarditis: An atypical case in an immunocompetent patient

Myocarditis occurs with a variety of infectious agents including viruses, bacteria, protozoa and parasites. We present a rare case of myocarditis secondary to Toxoplasma gondii in a 23-year-old immunocompetent male presenting with acute chest pain. Workup revealed evidence of biventricular myocardit...

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Autores principales: Mustafa, Katherine, Hillyard, Jonathan, Nowak, Elizabeth, Slowikowski, Jacek, Okogbue, Ijeoma, Garner, Dorothy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8450265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34584844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01273
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author Mustafa, Katherine
Hillyard, Jonathan
Nowak, Elizabeth
Slowikowski, Jacek
Okogbue, Ijeoma
Garner, Dorothy
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description Myocarditis occurs with a variety of infectious agents including viruses, bacteria, protozoa and parasites. We present a rare case of myocarditis secondary to Toxoplasma gondii in a 23-year-old immunocompetent male presenting with acute chest pain. Workup revealed evidence of biventricular myocarditis on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, elevated Toxoplasma serologies with rising titers over time. The patient was treated with sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine for eighteen days with resolution of symptoms. This case highlights alternative diagnostic and treatment modalities for Toxoplasma myocarditis in immunocompetent hosts.
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spelling pubmed-84502652021-09-27 Toxoplasma myocarditis: An atypical case in an immunocompetent patient Mustafa, Katherine Hillyard, Jonathan Nowak, Elizabeth Slowikowski, Jacek Okogbue, Ijeoma Garner, Dorothy IDCases Case Report Myocarditis occurs with a variety of infectious agents including viruses, bacteria, protozoa and parasites. We present a rare case of myocarditis secondary to Toxoplasma gondii in a 23-year-old immunocompetent male presenting with acute chest pain. Workup revealed evidence of biventricular myocarditis on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, elevated Toxoplasma serologies with rising titers over time. The patient was treated with sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine for eighteen days with resolution of symptoms. This case highlights alternative diagnostic and treatment modalities for Toxoplasma myocarditis in immunocompetent hosts. Elsevier 2021-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8450265/ /pubmed/34584844 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01273 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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