e-Article
Myopericarditis associated with acute Zika virus infection: a case report
Document Type
article
Author
Camila Helena Aguiar Bôtto-Menezes; Izabella Picinin Safe; Ana Cláudia da Cunha Ferreira; Katia do Nascimento Couceiro; Armando Menezes Neto; Rafael Freitas Oliveira Franca; Guilherme Amaral Calvet; Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis; Edna Oliveira Kara; Marcia da Costa Castilho; Michele Souza Bastos; Carlos Alexandre Antunes de Brito; Kayvon Modjarrad; Nathalie Jeanne Nicole Broutet; Patrícia Brasil; Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar; Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda; ZIKABRA Study Team
Source
BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2022)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1471-2334
Abstract
Abstract Background Zika virus infection is commonly described as a mild and self-limiting illness. However, cardiac complications were associated with acute Zika virus infection. Case presentation A 46-year-old woman without previous comorbidities with a 1-day history of symptoms tested positive for ZIKV by real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). She was admitted two days after with clinical worsening, cardiac enzymes elevated, and cardiac imaging findings, and the diagnosis of myopericarditis was made. The patient was treated and presented significant clinical improvement after one year. Conclusions Cardiac complication following ZIKV infection appears to be infrequent. Here, we report a rare case of viral myopericarditis caused by ZIKV infection.