Myopericarditis associated with acute Zika virus infection: a case report

BACKGROUND: Zika virus infection is commonly described as a mild and self-limiting illness. However, cardiac complications were associated with acute Zika virus infection. CASE PRESENTATION: A 46-year-old woman without previous comorbidities with a 1-day history of symptoms tested positive for ZIKV...

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Autores principales: Bôtto-Menezes, Camila Helena Aguiar, Safe, Izabella Picinin, da Cunha Ferreira, Ana Cláudia, do Nascimento Couceiro, Katia, Neto, Armando Menezes, Franca, Rafael Freitas Oliveira, Calvet, Guilherme Amaral, de Filippis, Ana Maria Bispo, Kara, Edna Oliveira, da Costa Castilho, Marcia, Bastos, Michele Souza, de Brito, Carlos Alexandre Antunes, Modjarrad, Kayvon, Broutet, Nathalie Jeanne Nicole, Brasil, Patrícia, Hajjar, Ludhmila Abrahão, de Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9158386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35641901
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07454-8
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Zika virus infection is commonly described as a mild and self-limiting illness. However, cardiac complications were associated with acute Zika virus infection. CASE PRESENTATION: A 46-year-old woman without previous comorbidities with a 1-day history of symptoms tested positive for ZIKV by real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). She was admitted two days after with clinical worsening, cardiac enzymes elevated, and cardiac imaging findings, and the diagnosis of myopericarditis was made. The patient was treated and presented significant clinical improvement after one year. CONCLUSIONS: Cardiac complication following ZIKV infection appears to be infrequent. Here, we report a rare case of viral myopericarditis caused by ZIKV infection.

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