Acute rhabdomyolysis and delayed pericardial effusion in an Italian patient with Ebola virus disease : a case report
- E. Nicastri
- A. Brucato
- N. Petrosillo
- G. Biava
- T.M. Uyeki
- G. Ippolito
- N. Bevilacqua
- E. Boumis
- P. Chinello
- S. Cicalini
- A. Corpolongo
- V. Galati
- A. Mariano
- S. Rosati
- F. Taglietti
- L. Vincenzi
- M. Antonini
- I. Caravella
- G. Garotto
- L. Marchioni
- M. Maritti
- P. Balestra
- M. Ricottini
- E.B. Rizzi
- M.R. Capobianchi
- A. di Caro
- C. Castilletti
- L. Bordi
- E. Lalle
- M. Biava
- S. Meschi
- D. Lapa
- P. Marsella
- F. Colavita
- R. Chiappini
- A. Mazzarelli
- S. Quartu
- C. Agrati
- F. Carletti
- F. Forbici
- M.B. Valli
- I. Abbate
- A. Amendola
- A.R. Garbuglia
- M.G. Paglia
- E. Bordi
- D. Travaglini
- A. Toffoletti
- G. Battisti
- A. Coppola
- L. De Marchis
- N. De Marco
- P. Giacomini
- F. Di Gianbattista
- M. Guiducci
- A. Marasco
- A. Marzolini
- A. Mercuri
- P. Nieddu
- S. Ondedei
- M. Vescovo
- G. Battisti
- M. Liguori
- F.N. Lauria
- V. Puro
- A. Russo
- P. D&apos
- A. Petrecchia
- M. Gentile
- S. Pittalis
- L. Martini
- F.M. Fusco
- S. Lanini
- A. Antinori
- M. Cerimele
- M. Branca
DOIAbstract
Background: During the 2013-2016 West Africa Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic, some EVD patients, mostly health care workers, were evacuated to Europe and the USA. Case presentation: In May 2015, a 37-year old male nurse contracted Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone. After Ebola virus detection in plasma, he was medically-evacuated to Italy. At admission, rhabdomyolysis was clinically and laboratory-diagnosed and was treated with aggressive hydration, oral favipiravir and intravenous investigational monoclonal antibodies against Ebola virus. The recovery clinical phase was complicated by a febrile thrombocytopenic syndrome with pericardial effusion treated with corticosteroids for 10days and indomethacin for 2months. No evidence of recur...
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