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Issue: Vol.1 No.1 - January 2007
ENTERIC MYOCARDITIS: A CASE REPORT
Authors:
Kawkab Mahmud
Kawkab Mahmud
Affiliations

Department of Internal Medicine, Ibrahim Medical College & BIRDEM, 122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbag, Dhaka

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AKM Musa
AKM Musa
Affiliations

Department of Internal Medicine, Ibrahim Medical College & BIRDEM, 122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbag, Dhaka

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AKM Shaheen Ahmed
AKM Shaheen Ahmed
Affiliations

Department of Internal Medicine, Ibrahim Medical College & BIRDEM, 122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbag, Dhaka

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Khwaja Nazimuddin
Khwaja Nazimuddin
Affiliations

Department of Internal Medicine, Ibrahim Medical College & BIRDEM, 122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbag, Dhaka

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RSC Sarker
RSC Sarker
Affiliations

Department of Internal Medicine, Ibrahim Medical College & BIRDEM, 122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbag, Dhaka

Enteric fever commonly causes fatality from abdominal complications or toxemia but it can also cause death from complications of myocarditis albeit rarely. In September, 2005 a 22 year old man was admitted in BIRDEM with the features of pneumonia. Later on, the patient developed acute left ventricular failure and ultimately diagnosed as a case of drug resistant enteric fever with myocarditis

Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2007; 1(1): 34-37

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Kawkab Mahmud, Department of Internal Medicine, Ibrahim Medical College & BIRDEM, 122 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbag, Dhaka-1000