{"pk":544,"title":"Fatal Influenza B Myocarditis in a 34-Year-Old Female","subtitle":null,"abstract":"A 34-year-old female reported to the emergency department with a chief complaint of epigastric pain. Initial rapid screening was negative for both influenza A and B. The patient eventually developedmyocarditis that led to pulseless ventricular tachycardia and death within 24 hours of admission. Viral smear was positive for influenza B postmortem despite the initial negative rapid screen. This case demonstrates the need for a new diagnostic criteria and treatment strategy for viral myocarditis due to influenza while concisely illustrating how the disease can progress in adults despite commonly presenting as a disease in adolescents.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0v8951vw","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Taylor","middle_name":"","last_name":"Dickey","name_suffix":"","institution":"Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Melanie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Schweir","name_suffix":"","institution":"Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, East Lansing, Michigan","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Matthew","middle_name":"","last_name":"Hysell","name_suffix":"","institution":"Lakeland Health, Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Joseph, Michigan","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2018-05-16T16:55:02Z","date_accepted":"2018-05-16T16:55:02Z","date_published":"2018-05-29T15:46:51Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/544/galley/307/download/"}]}