MYOPERICARDITIS DUE TO CHLAMYDIA-PSITTACI - THE ROLE OF AUTOIMMUNITY

Authors
DIAZ F COLLAZOS J
Citation
F. Diaz et J. Collazos, MYOPERICARDITIS DUE TO CHLAMYDIA-PSITTACI - THE ROLE OF AUTOIMMUNITY, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 29(1), 1997, pp. 93-94
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00365548
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
93 - 94
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-5548(1997)29:1<93:MDTC-T>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Chlamydia psittaci may rarely involve the heart as the only manifestat ion of the infection. We report a case of myopericarditis caused by th is agent, whose pathogenesis seemed to be autoimmune damage triggered by the infection.