Acute myopericarditis due to human granulocytic anaplasmosis.
Wojciech RzechorzekDhrubajyoti BandyopadhyayAreen PitaktongPragya RanjanAnthon FuiszMarc Y El-KhouryWilbert AronowStephen PanPublished in: Future cardiology (2023)
We present a case of a 54-year-old gentleman with a history of hypertension and chronic HIV who presented with fever and epigastric pain, found to have elevated troponin-I levels and diffuse ST-segement elevations on ECG without clinical evidence of ischemia concerning for myopericarditis. Initial laboratory findings also included thrombocytopenia and elevated aminotransferases as well as computed tomography imaging revealing splenic infarcts. Given plausible exposure to ticks, this led to the eventual diagnosis of anaplasmosis confirmed on PCR assay. Cardiac MRI images confirmed myocardial involvement, which resolved with antibiotic treatment. While rare, cardiac involvement is possible sequelae of anaplasmosis infection as illustrated by this case.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- endothelial cells
- magnetic resonance imaging
- blood pressure
- chronic pain
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- liver failure
- hiv testing
- high resolution
- hepatitis c virus
- deep learning
- hiv infected
- drug induced
- human immunodeficiency virus
- positron emission tomography
- high throughput
- hiv aids
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- pain management
- heart rate variability
- men who have sex with men
- neuropathic pain
- low grade
- convolutional neural network
- heart failure
- pluripotent stem cells
- magnetic resonance
- heart rate
- optical coherence tomography
- combination therapy
- respiratory failure
- intensive care unit
- single cell
- machine learning
- spinal cord injury
- image quality