Repeated dengue shock syndrome and ‘dengue myocarditis’ responding dramatically to a single dose of methyl prednisolone
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Acute shock dengue myocarditis.
The recent report on acute shock dengue myocarditis is of great terest. Guadalajara-Boo et al report this finding in a case of ngue. In fact, fatal dengue myocarditis due to a dengue virusduced cardiac lesion was reported a few years ago. An interesting estion concerns the increased severity of the disease. According to e previous report from a highly endemic area, Thailand, dengue yocarditis i...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.02.014