asmi
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A 23-year-old woman develops the sudden onset of congestive heart failure. Her condition rapidly deteriorates and she dies in heart failure. At autopsy, patchy interstitial infiltrates composed mainly of lymphocytes are found, some of which surround individual myocytes. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this patient’s heart failure?
A. Autoimmune reaction (to group A -hemolytic streptococci)
B. Bacterial myocarditis (due to S. aureus infection)
C. Hypersensitivity myocarditis (due to an allergic reaction)
D. Nutritional deficiency (due to thiamine deficiency)
E. Viral myocarditis (due to coxsackievirus infection
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| crista
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E?
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| Idiopathic
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Correct, coxsackievirus myocarditis is the likely cause.[/list]
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| asmi
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correct 
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