Article: Late presentation of post diphtheritic myocarditis in a 15-year male
| creativeworkseries.issn | JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vinod, Kutty Sharada | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gupta, Nitin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sahu, Harsh | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wig, Naveet | |
| dc.creator.affiliation | Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. | |
| dc.creator.affiliation | Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. | |
| dc.creator.affiliation | Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. | |
| dc.creator.affiliation | Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-09-17T10:28:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-09-17T10:28:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract A 15-year old male patient presented to us with dyspnoea for four days. He had a history of fever, pseudo-membranous tonsillitis and cervical adenopathy twenty-five days prior to the presentation. On examination and laboratory investigations, he had features suggestive of myocarditis with biventricular failure. There was no reliable history of immunisation and he had a positive history of contact. He was planned for anti-diphtheria toxin but before the anti-toxin could be initiated, the patient succumbed to refractory cardiogenic shock. This was a rare case of late onset diphtheritic myocarditis in an unimmunised adult. With the advent of universal immunisation, there has been a significant decline in the incidence but there is still some road to cover. Keywords: Corynebacterium diptheriae; Diphtheria; Myocarditis. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.2873 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/7747 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Nepal Medical Association | |
| dc.subject | Corynebacterium diptheriae | |
| dc.subject | Diphtheria | |
| dc.subject | Myocarditis | |
| dc.title | Late presentation of post diphtheritic myocarditis in a 15-year male | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Case Report | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 477 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 475 | |
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