Severe myocarditis of possible human herpesviruses and 7 etiology in an 8-year-old immunocompetent child

• Hoofdauteurs: Radosław Jaworski (Auteur), Katarzyna Pręgowska (Auteur), Beata Kasztelewicz (Auteur), Monika Kowalczyk-Domagała (Auteur), Andrzej Kansy (Auteur), Grażyna Brzezińska-Rajszys (Auteur), Katarzyna Dzierżanowska-Fangrat (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Termedia Publishing House, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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In this paper we present a case of an 8-year-old immunocompetent boy with acute myocarditis caused probably by concomitant human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) with human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) infection. The clinical manifestation included flu-like symptoms and fulminant heart failure, which required admissi...