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World J Cardiol. Dec 26, 2015; 7(12): 931-937
Published online Dec 26, 2015. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v7.i12.931
Published online Dec 26, 2015. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v7.i12.931
Salmonella Berta myocarditis: Case report and systematic review of non-typhoid Salmonella myocarditis
Pedro Villablanca, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, United States
Divyanshu Mohananey, Garnet Meier, John E Yap, Sonam Chouksey, Department of Internal Medicine, John H Stroger, Jr Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
Ayokunle T Abegunde, Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, United States
Author contributions: Villablanca P, Mohananey D, Meier G, Yap JE, Chouksey S and Abegunde AT contributed equally to the work; Villablanca P, Mohananey D and Abegunde AT conceptualized and designed the review; Villablanca P, Mohananey D, Meier G, Yap JE, Chouksey S and Abegunde AT contributed to search of literature and data extraction; Villablanca P, Mohananey D and Abegunde AT carried out the analysis and drafted the manuscript; all authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript as submitted.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors of this systematic review have any conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: There is no additional data aside from that which is presented in the manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Divyanshu Mohananey, MD, MSc, Department of Internal Medicine, John H Stroger, Jr Hospital of Cook County, 1900 W. Polk St. 9th Floor, Chicago, IL 60612, United States. divyanshu26@hotmail.com
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Received: February 1, 2015
Peer-review started: February 2, 2015
First decision: June 3, 2015
Revised: July 14, 2015
Accepted: September 29, 2015
Article in press: September 30, 2015
Published online: December 26, 2015
Peer-review started: February 2, 2015
First decision: June 3, 2015
Revised: July 14, 2015
Accepted: September 29, 2015
Article in press: September 30, 2015
Published online: December 26, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: Myocarditis is a rare extra-intestinal manifestation of non-typhoid Salmonella infection. In our review, the most common presenting symptoms were fever, abdominal pain, and chest pain and the most frequent electrocardiogram finding was ST segment elevation. Around 70% of patients had positive cardiac biomarkers (creatine kinase and/or troponin). Salmonella Enteritidis was the most common pathogen identified. Mortality appears to be high as is seen with all bacterial myocarditis, and intensive care unit admission is warranted in a large number of cases.