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Bacterial myocarditis

MedGen UID:
730492
•Concept ID:
C1384588
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Bacterial Myocarditis; bacterial myocarditis; septic myocarditis
SNOMED CT: Bacterial myocarditis (64043005)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001114

Definition

Myocarditis that is caused by an infection with a bacterial agent. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVBacterial myocarditis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis: The Task Force for the Management of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by: European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM).
Habib G, Lancellotti P, Antunes MJ, Bongiorni MG, Casalta JP, Del Zotti F, Dulgheru R, El Khoury G, Erba PA, Iung B, Miro JM, Mulder BJ, Plonska-Gosciniak E, Price S, Roos-Hesselink J, Snygg-Martin U, Thuny F, Tornos Mas P, Vilacosta I, Zamorano JL; ESC Scientific Document Group
Eur Heart J 2015 Nov 21;36(44):3075-3128. Epub 2015 Aug 29 doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv319. PMID: 26320109
Lyme-like illness currently deserves Lyme-like treatment.
Masters EJ
Clin Infect Dis 2006 Feb 15;42(4):580-1; author reply 581-2. doi: 10.1086/500018. PMID: 16421811
Antibiotic treatment of Lyme disease. Current recommendations by stage and extent of infection.
Rahn DW
Postgrad Med 1992 May 15;91(7):57-64. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1992.11701343. PMID: 1589368

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

An Autopsy Case of Fulminant, Suppurative Bacterial Myocarditis Caused by Group B Streptococcus.
Nakashima R, Kotoku M, Gamachi A, Inagaki N, Kasaoka S
Intern Med 2022 Mar 15;61(6):907-912. Epub 2021 Sep 18 doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.5498-20. PMID: 34544955Free PMC Article
Epidemiologic and clinical profiles of bacterial myocarditis. Report of two cases and data from a pooled analysis.
Ferrero P, Piazza I, Lorini LF, Senni M
Indian Heart J 2020 Mar-Apr;72(2):82-92. Epub 2020 Apr 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2020.04.005. PMID: 32534694Free PMC Article
Cardiac abnormalities in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A prospective study with a clinical-pathological correlation in twenty-one adult patients.
Herdy GV, Herdy AH, Almeida PS, de Carvalho R, Azevedo FB, Azevedo K, Vasconcelos MC, Paiva R, Tchou HY, Nascimento P, Cosendey R, Ferrari A, Lopes VS
Arq Bras Cardiol 1999 Sep;73(3):281-90. PMID: 10752167

Diagnosis

Epidemiologic and clinical profiles of bacterial myocarditis. Report of two cases and data from a pooled analysis.
Ferrero P, Piazza I, Lorini LF, Senni M
Indian Heart J 2020 Mar-Apr;72(2):82-92. Epub 2020 Apr 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2020.04.005. PMID: 32534694Free PMC Article
Various Cardiac Abnormalities Caused by Bacterial Myocarditis.
Komuro J, Ueda K, Kaneko M, Nitta S, Kasao M, Yokoyama M
Int Heart J 2018;59(1):229-232. doi: 10.1536/ihj.16-651. PMID: 29375113
Primary bacterial infection of the myocardium.
Wasi F, Shuter J
Front Biosci 2003 May 1;8:s228-31. doi: 10.2741/1021. PMID: 12700039
Acute Staphylococcal myocarditis masquerading as an acute myocardial infarction.
Raev D
Int J Cardiol 1997 Jun 27;60(1):95-8. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5273(97)02962-8. PMID: 9209945
Complete heart block in a young child presumably due to mycoplasma pneumoniae myocarditis.
Friedli B, Renevey F, Rouge JC
Acta Paediatr Scand 1977 May;66(3):385-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1977.tb07912.x. PMID: 868517

Therapy

Active bacterial myocarditis: a case report and review of the literature.
Haddad F, Berry G, Doyle RL, Martineau P, Leung TK, Racine N
J Heart Lung Transplant 2007 Jul;26(7):745-9. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.04.010. PMID: 17613408
Rapidly fatal acute bacterial myocarditis in a nonneutropenic child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission.
Scothorn DJ, Winick NJ, Timmons CF, Aquino VM
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2002 Nov;24(8):662-5. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200211000-00012. PMID: 12439040
Plaque and systemic disease: a reappraisal of the focal infection concept.
Thoden van Velzen SK, Abraham-Inpijn L, Moorer WR
J Clin Periodontol 1984 Apr;11(4):209-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1984.tb02211.x. PMID: 6368612

Prognosis

Epidemiologic and clinical profiles of bacterial myocarditis. Report of two cases and data from a pooled analysis.
Ferrero P, Piazza I, Lorini LF, Senni M
Indian Heart J 2020 Mar-Apr;72(2):82-92. Epub 2020 Apr 27 doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2020.04.005. PMID: 32534694Free PMC Article
Various Cardiac Abnormalities Caused by Bacterial Myocarditis.
Komuro J, Ueda K, Kaneko M, Nitta S, Kasao M, Yokoyama M
Int Heart J 2018;59(1):229-232. doi: 10.1536/ihj.16-651. PMID: 29375113
MRSA-associated bacterial myocarditis causing ruptured ventricle and tamponade.
LeLeiko RM, Bower DJ, Larsen CP
Cardiology 2008;111(3):188-90. Epub 2008 Apr 25 doi: 10.1159/000121602. PMID: 18434723
Rapidly fatal acute bacterial myocarditis in a nonneutropenic child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in remission.
Scothorn DJ, Winick NJ, Timmons CF, Aquino VM
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2002 Nov;24(8):662-5. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200211000-00012. PMID: 12439040
Cardiac abnormalities in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A prospective study with a clinical-pathological correlation in twenty-one adult patients.
Herdy GV, Herdy AH, Almeida PS, de Carvalho R, Azevedo FB, Azevedo K, Vasconcelos MC, Paiva R, Tchou HY, Nascimento P, Cosendey R, Ferrari A, Lopes VS
Arq Bras Cardiol 1999 Sep;73(3):281-90. PMID: 10752167

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