Influenza Infection Leading to Cardiac Complications

Abstract

Influenza is a common viral illness which usually present with fever, body ache, headache, cough and sore throat. The clinical recovery is usually seen within two weeks. Rarely, patients may develop life threatening cardiac complications which can be due to inflammatory response to the infection. Authors present a case of 10-year-old girl initially admitted for influenza infection, who later on developed myo-pericarditis.