Caignault J R, Staat P, Poncet B, Ferry T, Bonnefoy E, Kirkorian G
Service de cardiologie, hôpital d'instruction des Armées Desgenettes, 69275 Lyon 03.
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 2006 Mar;99(3):259-61.
On returning from a tropical area, the occurrence of rapidly evolving cardiogenic shock in an infectious context should quickly suggest the diagnosis, for which specific treatment can affect the outcome. The dramatic case of a young female presenting with ictero-haemorrhagic leptospirosis diagnosed post-mortem, demonstrated this pathology with the unusual association of complete atrio-ventricular block and myocarditis in a haemorrhagic context.
