SUDDEN-DEATH IN WHIPPLES-DISEASE

Authors
MCGETTIGAN P MOONEY EE SINNOTT M SWEENEY EC FEELY J
Citation
P. Mcgettigan et al., SUDDEN-DEATH IN WHIPPLES-DISEASE, Postgraduate medical journal, 73(862), 1997, pp. 509-511
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325473
Volume
73
Issue
862
Year of publication
1997
Pages
509 - 511
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5473(1997)73:862<509:SIW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Despite antibiotic therapy, some patients with uncomplicated Whipple's disease die suddenly and inexplicably. We describe one such patient w ho died following unexplained cardiorespiratory arrest and was found t o have chronic active myocarditis related to the causative organism. W e postulate myocarditis as a cause of sudden death.