Coxsackie B3 virus encephalitis in a patient with agammaglobulinaemia |
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| Authors: | N. T. Hertel F. K. Pedersen C. Heilmann |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department G, Rigshospitalet, University Clinic of Paediatrics, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | 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.Abbreviations AG agammaglobulinaemia - ECHO enteric cytopathic human orphan - ME meningoencephalitis |
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| Keywords: | Agammaglobulinaemia Meningoencephalitis Coxsackie B3 virus |
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