Jin D, Kao CY, Darby J, Palmer S. Salmonella typhimurium myopericarditis: A case report and review of literature. World J Cardiol 2020; 12(1): 67-75 [PMID: 31984129 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i1.67]
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David Jin, MD, Doctor, Department of Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Australia. d.jin2@unimelb.edu.au
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
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World J Cardiol. Jan 26, 2020; 12(1): 67-75 Published online Jan 26, 2020. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i1.67
Salmonella typhimurium myopericarditis: A case report and review of literature
David Jin, Chien-Ying Kao, Jonathon Darby, Sonny Palmer
David Jin, Sonny Palmer, Department of Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Australia
David Jin, Chien-Ying Kao, Sonny Palmer, Department of Cardiology, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy 3065, Australia
Jonathon Darby, Department of Infectious Diseases, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy 3065, Australia
Author contributions: Jin D, Darby J, and Palmer S designed the research; Jin D and Kao CY preformed the literature review; Darby J and Palmer S contributed to the writing of the discussion; Jin D and Kao CY wrote the paper.
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Conflict-of-interest statement: David Jin is funded by a government commonwealth research scholarship. There are no declared conflicts of interest for any of the authors.
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Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: David Jin, MD, Doctor, Department of Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Australia. d.jin2@unimelb.edu.au
Received: June 21, 2019 Peer-review started: June 23, 2019 First decision: September 21, 2019 Revised: November 4, 2019 Accepted: November 20, 2019 Article in press: November 21, 2019 Published online: January 26, 2020 Processing time: 188 Days and 3.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Myopericarditis symptoms can be variable but generally presents with ischaemic sounding chest pain or pleuritic chest pain and cardiac biomarker elevation (troponin I and T). Non-typhoidal salmonella (NTS) generally presents as a non-bloody infectious diarrhoea. Salmonella enterica has multiple subtypes, with Salmonella typhi and paratyphi causing typhoid fever. However, there are a large number of NTS, which may include Salmonella choleraesuis, enteritidis, and typhimurium. Relevant investigations may consist of laboratory blood tests, electrocardiogram, echocardiography, coronary angiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac biopsy, and faecal culture for Salmonella. Salmonella is a rare cause of myopericarditis; however, it should be considered when patients with symptoms of myocarditis or pericarditis present with a history of diarrhoea, abdominal pain and fever.
