Abstract
Carditis can complicate Lyme disease in an estimated <5% of cases, but cardiogenic shock is rare. We report a case of severe biventricular heart failure as a manifestation of a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction in a patient with early Lyme disease following treatment with ceftriaxone.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Biopsy
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Echocardiography
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Female
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Heart Failure / diagnosis
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Heart Failure / etiology*
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Humans
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Lyme Disease / complications*
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Lyme Disease / diagnosis
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Middle Aged
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Myocarditis / complications*
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Myocarditis / diagnosis
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Myocardium / pathology*