TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent cluster of neonatal enteroviral myocarditis cases in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - current scenario and counteracting prospects
AU - Pattanaik, Amrita
AU - Bhandarkar B, Sushma
AU - V, Sreelakshmi
AU - Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Objectives: Neonatal myocarditis is a rare but life-threatening complication of enterovirus infection that presents like bacterial sepsis. Outbreak: A sudden upsurge in cases of neonatal enteroviral myocarditis, reported from South West England and South Wales between June 2022 and April 2023 has alerted health agencies to bring in counteracting measures. Impact: In view of this outbreak situation, the World Health Organisation advisory has urged clinicians seeing neonates and infants with shock may consider myocarditis as a differential diagnosis and test for enteroviruses.
AB - Objectives: Neonatal myocarditis is a rare but life-threatening complication of enterovirus infection that presents like bacterial sepsis. Outbreak: A sudden upsurge in cases of neonatal enteroviral myocarditis, reported from South West England and South Wales between June 2022 and April 2023 has alerted health agencies to bring in counteracting measures. Impact: In view of this outbreak situation, the World Health Organisation advisory has urged clinicians seeing neonates and infants with shock may consider myocarditis as a differential diagnosis and test for enteroviruses.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.01.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.01.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85184774945
SN - 2772-7076
VL - 10
SP - 197
EP - 199
JO - IJID Regions
JF - IJID Regions
ER -
