Influenza‐associated septic shock accompanied by septic cardiomyopathy that developed in summer and mimicked fulminant myocarditis

Fulminant myocarditis (FM) and septic cardiomyopathy (SC) are two different disease entities, and distinction between them is important. A 34-year-old man had refractory shock, multiple organ failure, and elevation of cardiogenic markers. Echocardiogram showed tachycardia with extended ST elevation, and a rapid test for influenza A virus was positive. He was admitted with suspected FM induced by influenza.Echocardiography showed severe left...