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Case Reports
. 2007 Mar-Apr;16(2):119-21.
doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2006.09.007.

Fatal myocarditis related to Campylobacter jejuni infection: a case report

Louis A Pena  1 , Michael C Fishbein
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Fatal myocarditis related to Campylobacter jejuni infection: a case report

Louis A Pena et al. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2007 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Infectious myocarditis can be caused by a variety of agents, with enteroviruses being the most common. Myocarditis due to enteric bacteria is rare. We present pathological documentation of a rare case of a Campylobacter jejuni bowel infection leading to rapidly fatal myocarditis.

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