title: Coxsackie B3 virus encephalitis in a patient with agammaglobulinaemia.
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.
authors.affiliation: University Clinic of Paediatrics, Department G, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Hertel
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heilmann
mesh_terms: D000361:Agammaglobulinemia / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000150:complications*