Myocarditis caused by Coxsackie B viruses in adults

Two hundred and thirty-eight patients with a clinical and electrocardiographic diagnosis of myocarditis and two control groups were examined for virus-neutralizing antibodies against Coxsackie B1-6 viruses. Serological evidence for preceding Coxsackie infection was demonstrated by 40.9% of myocardit...

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Published inTerapevtic̆eskii arhiv Vol. 56; no. 11; p. 37
Main Authors Novikov, Iu I, Stulova, M A, Lavrova, I K
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 1984
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Coxsackievirus Infections - diagnosis
Coxsackievirus Infections - drug therapy
Enterovirus B, Human
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myocarditis - diagnosis
Myocarditis - drug therapy
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Summary:Two hundred and thirty-eight patients with a clinical and electrocardiographic diagnosis of myocarditis and two control groups were examined for virus-neutralizing antibodies against Coxsackie B1-6 viruses. Serological evidence for preceding Coxsackie infection was demonstrated by 40.9% of myocarditis and in 29.3% of myopericarditis patients. Coxsackie B2 and B4 viruses were the most prevalent. The patients manifested a significant increase in the antibody titer as compared with the control group.
ISSN:0040-3660