Meningitis and high-grade, second-degree atrioventricular block in an adolescent: causal effect or coincidence?
Cardiol Young
; 31(11): 1873-1875, 2021 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
We describe an adolescent with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis 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.
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Assunto principal:
Marca-Passo Artificial
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Bloqueio Atrioventricular
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Meningite
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article