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First Documentation of Persistent SARS-Cov-2 Infection Presenting With Late Acute Severe Myocarditis.

ABSTRACT: A 64-year-old man presented with severe myocarditis 6 weeks after an initial almost asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2) infection. He was found to have a persistent positive swab. Mechanisms explaining myocardial injury in patients with COVID-19 remains unclear, but this case suggests that severe acute myocarditis can develop in the late phase of COVID-19 infection, even after a symptom-free interval.

SUBMITTER: Pavon AG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7834643 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First Documentation of Persistent SARS-Cov-2 Infection Presenting With Late Acute Severe Myocarditis.

Pavon Anna Giulia AG Meier David D Samim Daryoush D Rotzinger David C DC Fournier Stephane S Marquis Patrick P Monney Pierre P Muller Olivier O Schwitter Juerg J

The Canadian journal of cardiology 20200606 8

A 64-year-old man presented with severe myocarditis 6 weeks after an initial almost asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV2) infection. He was found to have a persistent positive swab. Mechanisms explaining myocardial injury in patients with COVID-19 remains unclear, but this case suggests that severe acute myocarditis can develop in the late phase of COVID-19 infection, even after a symptom-free interval. ...[more]

PMID: 32522523

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First Documentation of Persistent SARS-Cov-2 Infection Presenting With Late Acute Severe Myocarditis.

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First Documentation of Persistent SARS-Cov-2 Infection Presenting With Late Acute Severe Myocarditis.

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