Sikary Asit K, Mridha Asit R, Behera Chittaranjan
1 Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
2 Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Med Leg J. 2017 Jun;85(2):105-107. doi: 10.1177/0025817216682187. Epub 2017 Jan 24.
Bacterial myocarditis is an uncommon condition and only a few fatal cases in adults are reported in the scientific literature. Death from acute bacterial myocarditis in children is extremely rare. We report an unusual case of fatal bacterial myocarditis in a seven-year-old girl, who had a history of cough for a month and fever for two days. She was given symptomatic treatment by a local physician without suspecting her clinical condition. Her condition rapidly deteriorated and she was brought in dead to the hospital. Autopsy revealed pyogenic bacterial myocarditis associated with bilateral lobar pneumonia caused by Gram-positive cocci. Death from bacterial myocarditis can be prevented by early diagnosis and appropriate antibiotics.
