MYOCARDITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS IN A CASE OF SUSPECTED PSITTACOSIS
Authors: G J VOSTI, H ROFFWARG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Case Reports1 April 1961MYOCARDITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS IN A CASE OF SUSPECTED PSITTACOSISGORDON J. VOSTI, M.D., HOWARD ROFFWARG, M.D.GORDON J. VOSTI, M.D., HOWARD ROFFWARG, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-4-764 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn recent years, psittacosis has been the subject of many case reports and reviews.1-5 Its clinical and pathologic variations have been well documented in such standard texts as that of Rivers.6a Myocarditis complicating this illness has rarely been reported. We recently observed a case of suspected psittacosis with pneumonitis, encephalitis, and myocarditis, which terminated fatally.CASE REPORTA 48-year-old white female was admitted to Stanford University Hospital for the fourth time on September 26, 1958, in a semistuporous state. 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Y.*Received for publication February 1, 1960.From the Department of Medicine, Stanford University Hospitals, San Francisco, California.†Present address: Assistant Resident in Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Gordon J. Vosti, M.D., San Jose Medical Clinic, 45 South Seventeenth Street, San Jose 12, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNeumonías atípicasNeurological complications in psittacosis: a case report and literature reviewChlamydial infections of the heartBrief Report: Chlamydia Psittaci Endocarditis Diagnosed by Blood CultureSuperficial thrombophlebitis II. 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