A Case with Myopericarditis Caused by H1N1 Virus Infection

Abstract

25 yaşında erkek hasta, 3 gündür süren ateş, kuru öksürük ve taşikardi nedeniyle acil servise başvurdu. Troponin 1 düzeyi 18 ng/ml idi. Hastanın bilinen hiç bir hastalığı yoktu ve hasta koroner yoğun bakım ünitesine yatırıldı. Biz son yıllarda pandemiye neden olan H1N1 virüsüne bağlı olarak gelişen myokardit olgusunu sunduk

Keywords

• H1N1, myokardit, perikardit

A Case with Myopericarditis Caused by H1N1 Virus Infection

Abstract

A 25-year-old male patient, applied to emergency department with complaints of fever lasting for 3 days, non-productive cough and tachycardia. Troponin I level was 18 ng/ml. The patient had no previously known disease and was hospitalized in coronary intensive care unit. We presented a case of acute myopericarditis occurred after an acute influenza infection, caused by H1N1 virus that recently led to pandemics worldwide.

Keywords

• H1N1, myocardit, pericardit

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