Mouse bite leads to rare cardiac syndrome

This case reports on a young man who rapidly progressed to severe hypoxaemia two weeks after being bitten by a rodent

A seemingly innocuous mouse bite led to a rare, and often fatal, cardiopulmonary syndrome in an otherwise healthy young man, doctors report.

The 24-year-old was diagnosed with hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome two weeks after being bitten by a mouse while renovating a house.