Acute myocarditis with Toxoplasma gondii. A case report in a newborn

Acute myocarditis with Toxoplasma Gondii in immunocompetent patients is rare and the paediatric cases touch old children. These myocarditis lead sometimes cardiac insufficiency and sometimes mimic a myocardial infarction. The evolution is often favorable, even when there is no pest-destroying treatm...

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Published inArchives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux Vol. 98; no. 5; p. 582
Main Authors de la Gastine, G, Dupont, P, Maragnes, P, Jokic, M, Krayem, L, Guillois, B, Deschrevel, G
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.05.2005
Subjects
Acute Disease
Humans
Infant
Male
Myocarditis - etiology
Myocarditis - microbiology
Toxoplasmosis - complications
Toxoplasmosis - drug therapy
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Acute myocarditis with Toxoplasma Gondii in immunocompetent patients is rare and the paediatric cases touch old children. These myocarditis lead sometimes cardiac insufficiency and sometimes mimic a myocardial infarction. The evolution is often favorable, even when there is no pest-destroying treatment. We report a case of myocarditis toxoplasma Gondii with which has occurred in a 11 month and half old infant, whose evolution was favorable with a symptomatic and pest-destroying treatment. The interest of this observation is related to the scarcity of acute myocarditis caused by toxplasmosis in infant without immunoinsufficiency.
ISSN:0003-9683