Coxsackie B3 virus encephalitis in a patient with agammaglobulinaemia.
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.
Hertel
N T
NT
University Clinic of Paediatrics, Department G, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pedersen
F K
FK
Heilmann
C
C
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*