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| ARTICLES RELATED TO actinomyces | | | |  actinomyces: Encyclopedia II - Erythromycin - Side-effectsGastrointestinal intestinal disturbances such as diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain and vomiting are fairly common so it tends not to be prescribed as a first-line drug. More serious side-effects, such as reversible deafness are rare. Cholestatic jaundice, Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrosis are some other rare side effects that may occur.
Erythromycin has been shown to increase the probability of pyloric stenosis in children whose mothers took the drug during t ...
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| | | | actinomyces: Encyclopedia II - Myocarditis - Signs and symptoms The signs and symptoms associated with myocardits are varied, and relate either to the actual inflammation of the myocardium, or the weakness of the heart muscle that is secondary to the inflammation. Signs and symptoms of myocarditis include:
Sudden death (in young adults, myocarditis causes up to 20% of all cases of sudden death)
Congestive heart failure (leading to edema, breathlessness and hepatic congestion)
Palpitations (due to Arrhythmias)
Chest pain
Fever (especiall ...
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| | | | actinomyces: Encyclopedia II - Myocarditis - Epidemiology The exact incidence of myocarditis is unknown. However, in series of routine autopsies, 1-9% of all patients had evidence of myocardial inflammation. In young adults, up to 20% of all cases of sudden death are due to myocarditis.
In South America, Chagas' disease (caused by Trypanosoma cruzi) is the main cause of myocarditis.
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| | | | actinomyces: Encyclopedia II - Myocarditis - Diagnosis Myocardial inflammation can be suspected on the basis of electrocardiographic results (ECG), elevated CRP and/or ESR and increased IgM (serology) against viruses known to affect the myocardium. Markers of myocardial damage (troponin or creatine kinase cardiac isoenzymes) are elevated.
The ECG findings most commonly seen in myocarditis are diffuse T wave inversions, without shifts in the ST segment.
The gold standard is still biopsy of the myocardium, generally done in the setting of angiography. A small tissue sample of ...
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| | | | actinomyces: Encyclopedia II - Myocarditis - Causes A large number of different causes have been identified as leading to myocarditis:
Infectious:
Viral (e.g. Coxsackie virus, rubella virus, polio virus, cytomegalovirus, possibly hepatitis C)
Bacterial (e.g. brucella, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, gonococcus, Haemophilus influenzae, Tropheryma whipplei, and Vibrio cholerae).
Spirochetal (Borrelia burgdorferi and leptospirosis)
Protozoal (Toxoplasma gondii and Trypanosoma cruzi)
Fungal (e. ...
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