Number of patients | 26 (62%) | 16 (38%) |
Days from onset to EMB | 40 (55) (range 1–180) | 90 (93) (range 5–335)* |
Inflammatory infiltrate on HE | | |
Quantification (0-3) | 1.65 (0.8) | 0.85 (0.3)** |
Composition | | |
Lymphomonocytes | 18 (69%) | 16 (100%) |
Polymorphic | 8 (31%) | 0 (0%) |
Fibrosis | | |
Present | 18 (69%) | 11 (69%) |
Quantification (0–3) | 1.1 (1) | 0.93 (0.7) |
Histological aspects of DCM | 5 (19%) | 6 (37.5%) |
Immunohistochemistry | | |
Mainly CD43 | 11 (38%) | 6 (37.5%) |
CD43 and CD68 | 7 (27%) | 6 (37.5%) |
Mainly CD68 | 7 (27%) | 3 (18.7%) |
Only CD45 | 1 (4%) | 1 (6.3%) |
PCR positive | 6/15 (40%) | 2/8 (25%) |
Enterovirus | 3 | 0 |
Herpesvirus | 2 | 1 |
Adenovirus | 0 | 1 |
Influenza virus | 1 | 0 |
Mumps virus | 0 | 0 |