Acute rheumatic fever presenting as fulminant myocarditis
KEY POINTS A 35-year-old woman was admitted to a community hospital for sepsis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes bacteremia, confirmed by blood culture. She had presented to the emergency department with fever, hypotension, and tachycardia. She described several episodes of recurrent pharyngitis in
Authors
- Omair Arshad
- Omid Kiamanesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9556-1350)
- James Alexander White
- Jeffrey P. Shaw
Institutions
- Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Published
- 2024-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.230532
- Primary Topic
- Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00