Outbreak of life-threatening coxsackievirus B1 myocarditis in neonates.
case_series · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19622042.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1086/605089.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
In the summer and fall of 2007, we observed a unique cluster of cases of severe coxsackievirus B1 (CVB1) infection among Chicago area neonates. Eight neonates had closely related strains of CVB1 that were typed at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention; 2 other neonates had CVB infections, 1 of which was further identified as serotype CVB1. All had severe myocarditis; 1 neonate underwent heart transplantation, and 1 died of severe left ventricular dysfunction.
Medical subject headings
- Coxsackievirus Infections
- Disease Outbreaks
- Enterovirus B, Human
- Myocarditis