Resumen

SALGADO, Doris Martha; VEGA, Martha Rocío; PANQUEVA, César  y  RODRIGUEZ-GODOY, Jairo Antonio. Fatal myocarditis during a viral dengue 1 infection in Neiva, Huila Colombia . rev.fac.med. [online]. 2008, vol.56, n.2, pp.156-160. ISSN 0120-0011.

A five year old boy previously healthy dies as a consequence of a dengue hemorrhagic fever-associated fulminant myocarditis. DEN 1 was showed in the liver tissue by RT-PCR. To our knowledge this is the first case of fulminant myocarditis during the course of dengue virus infection in Neiva, Colombia.

Palabras clave : myocarditis; dengue hemorrhagic fever.

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