Severe Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Infection Complicated by Myositis, Refractory Rhabdomyolysis, and Compartment Syndrome

Camila D. Odio; Charisse Mandimika; Thiago A. Jabuonski; Maricar Malinis

doi:10.1155/2019/1540761

Case Reports in Medicine (Jan 2019)

Severe Influenza A(H1N1) Virus Infection Complicated by Myositis, Refractory Rhabdomyolysis, and Compartment Syndrome

Camila D. Odio,
Charisse Mandimika,
Thiago A. Jabuonski,
Maricar Malinis

Affiliations

Camila D. Odio: Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
Charisse Mandimika: Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
Thiago A. Jabuonski: Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA
Maricar Malinis: Section of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1540761
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2019

Abstract

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Myositis is a rare and morbid complication of influenza infection that can rapidly progress to rhabdomyolysis with acute renal failure. Here, we describe a 35-year-old obese woman with severe influenza A(H1N1) virus infection complicated by myositis, refractory rhabdomyolysis, and compartment syndrome.

Published in Case Reports in Medicine

ISSN: 1687-9627 (Print); 1687-9635 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1683

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