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Article: Studies from A. Bal and colleagues yield new information about myocarditis.
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- November 17, 2009
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According to recent research from Chandigarh, India, "Myocarditis is a common cardiac disease that is identified on routine postmortem examinations."
"Initially, coxsackie viruses, other enteroviruses and adenoviruses were thought to be more common causes of myocarditis; however, recently, parvovirus B19 (PVB19) as well as human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6) have entered the arena. We describe autopsy findings of a patient who had a lethal myocarditis with haemophagocytic lympho-histiocytosis in a course of systemic PVB19 infection," wrote A. Bal and colleagues (see also Myocarditis).
The researchers concluded: "The present case illustrates the unusually severe ...
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