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Coxsackie B3 virus encephalitis in a patient with agammaglobulinaemia

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A 19-month-old boy with agammaglobulinaemia contracted a Coxsackie B3 virus infection which caused meningoencephalitis. His neurological status deteriorated over the following 4 years and he died aged 6 years. Treatment with gammaglobulin i.m. and IgG-Fab2 fragments i.v. was not effective. Enterovirus can cause life-threatening infections in immunodeficient patients.

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Abbreviations

AG:

agammaglobulinaemia

ECHO:

enteric cytopathic human orphan

ME:

meningoencephalitis

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  1. Department G, Rigshospitalet, University Clinic of Paediatrics, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

    N. T. Hertel, F. K. Pedersen & C. Heilmann

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Hertel, N.T., Pedersen, F.K. & Heilmann, C. Coxsackie B3 virus encephalitis in a patient with agammaglobulinaemia. Eur J Pediatr 148, 642–643 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441520

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