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Eur J Pediatr ; 147(4): 426-7, 1988 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2840291

ABSTRACT

We describe a severe multisystem Coxsackie virus type B3 infection in a previously healthy 14-year-old girl who presented with a mononucleosis-like syndrome (MS). Initial observations included a prominent cervical lymphadenopathy, exudative pharyngitis and leucocytosis with atypical lymphocytosis. At the end of the 2nd week of illness the patient developed meningoencephalomyelitis and haemolytic anaemia. Subclinical myocarditis was also recorded. Prolonged hepatitis recrudescing at the time of recovery coincided with serological evidence of a reactivated Epstein-Barr virus infection. The diagnosis was based on a significant rise in serum antibody titres against Coxsackie virus type B3, using the neutralization test. Intrathecal synthesis of antibodies to Coxsackie virus type B3 was also demonstrated. Generalized Coxsackie virus infections in adolescence are rare and an MS has not, to our knowledge, been associated with Coxsackie virus type B3 infection.


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Coxsackievirus Infections/complications , Infectious Mononucleosis/complications , Adolescent , Anemia, Hemolytic/etiology , Encephalomyelitis/etiology , Enterovirus B, Human , Female , Humans , Meningoencephalitis/etiology , Paralysis/etiology , Syndrome
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