Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;23(12):2091-2093. doi: 10.3201/eid2312.170293.
We report an unusual case of myopericarditis caused by Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae. Because of increasing reports of Rickettsia spp. as etiologic agents of acute myopericarditis and the ease and success with which it was treated in the patient reported here, rickettsial infection should be included in the differential diagnosis for myopericarditis.
我们报告了一例由西伯利亚立克次体蒙古亚种引起的心肌心包炎的不寻常病例。由于越来越多的报告表明立克次体属是急性心肌心包炎的病因,并且此处报告的患者的治疗效果良好,因此立克次体感染应纳入心肌心包炎的鉴别诊断。