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Case Reports
. 1990;45(4):329-33.

Legionellosis and "torsades de pointes"

J Devriendt  1 , M Staroukine, E Schils, B Sivaciyan, D Van Beers
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  • PMID: 2239031
Case Reports

Legionellosis and "torsades de pointes"

J Devriendt et al. Acta Cardiol. 1990.

Abstract

Myocarditis, pericarditis and endocarditis are rare manifestations of Legionella pneumophila infection. We describe a case of myocarditis complicated with a potentially fatal arrhythmia: "torsades de pointes".

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