Meningitis and high-grade, second-degree atrioventricular block in an adolescent: causal effect or coincidence?
| Autor: | Lee D. Murphy, Richard J. Czosek, Kenneth E. Mah, Amy R Florez, David S. Cooper |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pacemaker
Artificial medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Humans Meningitis Longitudinal Studies Atrioventricular Block Second-degree atrioventricular block business.industry Causal effect General Medicine medicine.disease 030228 respiratory system Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Cardiology Permanent pacemaker Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Atrioventricular block Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis |
| Zdroj: | Cardiology in the Young. 31:1873-1875 |
| ISSN: | 1467-1107 1047-9511 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1047951121001785 |
| Popis: | We describe an adolescent withStreptococcus pneumoniaemeningitis and symptomatic high-grade, second-degree atrioventricular block requiring permanent pacemaker placement. It is difficult to ascertain if these two diagnoses were independent or had a causal relationship though ongoing symptoms were not present prior to the infection. Because of this uncertainty, awareness that rhythm disturbances can be cardiac in origin but also secondary to other aetiologies, such as infection, is warranted. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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