Acute fulminant myocarditis after diphtheria, polio, and tetanus vaccination. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Acute fulminant myocarditis after diphtheria, polio, and tetanus vaccination.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2006 Dec ;14(6):e111-2. PMID: 17130313
Shye-Jao Wu
We report an infant case of acute fulminant myocarditis which occurred after administration of a diphtheria, polio, and tetanus vaccination. Fever and dyspnea developed after the vaccination. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was used for intractable cardiogenic shock. The patient survived the extracorporeal support, but poor ventricular contractility recurred 2 months later and she died while waiting for heart transplantation.