An outbreak of coxsackie B-5 virus infection in a newborn nursery
| Autor: | Thomas R. Boggs, T. F. McNair Scott, V.J. Brightman, M. Westphal |
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| Rok vydání: | 1966 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Myocarditis Coxsackievirus Infections Infant Premature Diseases Infant Newborn Diseases Virus Disease Outbreaks Epidemiology medicine Humans Cross Infection biology business.industry Infant Newborn Outbreak Aseptic meningitis Pennsylvania medicine.disease Virology Titer Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health biology.protein Female Antibody business Meningitis |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Pediatrics. 69:179-192 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3476 |
| Popis: | An outbreak of Coxsackie B-5 virus infection among newborn infants in a maternity hospital is described. The infection was sporadic and mild among full-term infants, whereas the majority of premature infants exposed became infected and ill. The infected infants showed a spectrum of illness from apparent health to manifest aseptic meningitis, but the severe reactions usually associated with Coxsackie infections in the newborn were absent; there was no clinical evidence of myocarditis. The first cases detected were the result of in utero infections. The majority of infants developed a neutralizing titer to the virus, but some premature infants failed to develop complement-fixing antibodies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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