Abstract
This is a case report of the clinical, pathological, virological, and post-mortem investigations of a 9 year old girl who was clinically and histopathologically diagnosed as having myocarditis and pericarditis caused by a viral agent. Post-mortem isolation of Echo type 11 virus from only the myocardium using the explant culture technique was performed for the first time in Turkey on this case.
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Copyright © 1978 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kanra G, Doğruel N, Tınaztepe K, Seçmeer G, Oran O. Myocarditis caused by Echo type 11 virus. Turk J Pediatr 1978; 20: 24-28. https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjpediatr.1978.4172