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Case Reports
. 2000 Aug;39(8):632-6.
doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.632.

A fatal case of fulminant myocarditis with human herpesvirus-6 infection

S Fukae  1 , N Ashizawa, S Morikawa, K Yano
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Case Reports

A fatal case of fulminant myocarditis with human herpesvirus-6 infection

S Fukae et al. Intern Med. 2000 Aug.
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Abstract

We report a case of fulminant myocarditis after steroid pulse therapy for acute hepatitis. Serological studies demonstrated a four-fold increase in the antibodies against human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) IgG, and a PCR showed the existence of HHV-6 virus DNA. HHV-6 virus DNA was also isolated from the liver and the heart. We believe that exacerbation of fulminant myocarditis was probably associated with the reactivation of HHV-6 due to the immunosuppressive state of the host.

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