Open AccessElevated Troponin and Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction in Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Kenneth A. Hoekstra,
Michael T. Kelly
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6625
pISSN - 2090-6633
DOI - 10.1155/2011/950314
Subject(s) - medicine , tachycardia , syncope (phonology) , troponin i , troponin , cardiology , anesthesia , myocardial infarction
We describe a patient with fever and borreliosis in the Northwestern Washington State, USA. The patient exhibited a classic Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction of tachycardia, hypotension, and thrombocytopenia following antimicrobial therapy, and she also developed an elevated serum cardiac troponin during therapy.
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